EVERYTHING CAN BE USED FOR THE WAR!
To gather all the resources it needed for the war effort, John Curtin's government ran a campaign to teach Australians about the enormous range of items which could be recycled and put to new uses. These are just some examples.

"Save kitchen waste to feed the pigs! Thanks". Poster, printed for H.M.S. Stationary, Office of Ws. Brown & Co. Ltd. London, E.C.3. S1-2333.
Courtesy of the National Archives of Australia.

"Old rubber wanted for war purposes urgently".
Courtesy of the National Archives of Australia.