Are you doing research about female firefighters in Australia? Let me know, and I'll showcase your research here.
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Some background information for new researchers.
In June 2005 I Convened the First Womens' Fire Fighting Conference in Australia, In Sydney. Delegates from across Australia, and from the NZFS Women attended. In the following year, the Australasian Women in Fire Fighting Conference was held, with some controversy. Selected archival materials from these two events can be found here. [I have yet to write up the UFUA story, but if you are interested in labour history, or gender studies, this would be a great case study for a thesis]. The International Labour Organisation has also produced a good study, though now a bit dated (2003). Contemporary fire services are part of a bigger picture - the emergency services across Australia - as well as community-lead community safety. To tell the stidy of women and firefighting is to tell the story of females involved in community safety, wherever that takes place. This reality is reflected in the merger of women's associations in America, into one body called the International Association of Women in Fire and Emergency Services.
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