Abstract
The proliferation of Australian texts on the home front has been a major feature of war historiography in recent years. Since the seminal studies of British writers Richard Titmuss and Arthur Marwick on the effects of war on society almost 40 years ago, there has been a succession of academic studies examining a range of issues from social, political and economic perspectives.1 In the Australian context, Michael McKernan's 'work on the home front during both world wars, and more recent studies by Kate Darian Smith, Joy Damousi, Marilyn Lake, and Stephen Garton amongst others have been produced.2 However, despite early studies by scholars such as Peter Stanley and Dawn Peel on voluntary work in regional Australia during the Second
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