Demonstration of Austerity Cooking, Albert Hall, Brisbane, 1942

Demonstration of Austerity Cooking, Albert Hall, Brisbane, 1942

Austerity cooking demonstrations like this were held across Australia. Women and some men were shown how to make foods that were both an aid to the war effort and nutritionally dense. The largest austerity cooking demonstration was attended by over 3000 people in Melbourne in September 1942.(1)

1. O’Brien, Flavours of Melbourne, 194.

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1942