Jean Quinlwan on her Velocette motorbike, 1938
Jean Quinlwan on her Velocette motorbike, Camperdown Polytechnic school, Sydney, 6 September 1938, by Ray Olson
Participation of women employed in industry in Australia increased in the wake of World War One. In N.S.W. during 1886, the ratio of the number of women employed in factories to the number of men was about one to seven; in 1891, one to six; in 1903, one to four. By 1938 Pix magazine was claiming the ratio is now more than one to three, while in Victoria it is one to two.
This photograph is of Miss Jean Quinlwan, of Bondi, Sydney, riding her motorbike to work. She moved from the country to take up motor mechanical instruction at the Polytechnic School in Camperdown where she also took a course in electric welding.
State Library of NSW 388/Box 032/Item collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/2608VE37ygRGd
Pix Vol. 2 No. 14 (1 October 1938) nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448403368/view?sectionId=nla.obj-47840...
Jean Quinlwan on her Velocette motorbike, 1938
Jean Quinlwan on her Velocette motorbike, Camperdown Polytechnic school, Sydney, 6 September 1938, by Ray Olson
Participation of women employed in industry in Australia increased in the wake of World War One. In N.S.W. during 1886, the ratio of the number of women employed in factories to the number of men was about one to seven; in 1891, one to six; in 1903, one to four. By 1938 Pix magazine was claiming the ratio is now more than one to three, while in Victoria it is one to two.
This photograph is of Miss Jean Quinlwan, of Bondi, Sydney, riding her motorbike to work. She moved from the country to take up motor mechanical instruction at the Polytechnic School in Camperdown where she also took a course in electric welding.
State Library of NSW 388/Box 032/Item collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/2608VE37ygRGd
Pix Vol. 2 No. 14 (1 October 1938) nla.gov.au/nla.obj-448403368/view?sectionId=nla.obj-47840...