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Noreen Dudgeon of Rose Bay instructs US Naval personnel in visual signalling, Sydney c1943

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Australian War Memorial
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McKenzie, Violet
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Women's Emergency Signalling Corps

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Australian News and Information Bureau

The Australian News and Information Bureau was established in 1939 as the Department of Information and renamed in 1950. In the 1970s it became the Australian Information Service. After becoming part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1994, it was disbanded in 1996.

Australian War Memorial

McKenzie, Violet

A pioneer in Australian radio and electrical engineering, Violet McKenzie had a lifetime commitment to technical education and training, especially for women.

Americans

Communications

Vocational education

World War II

Armed forces

Women's Emergency Signalling Corps

Training school formed to teach women to use telegraphic signalling, which ended up training over 12,000 servicemen and women during World War II.

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