It features the kookaburra, an industrious and cheerful bird who mated for life, was fearless and aggressive in the defence of its young and the area of territory it regarded as its own.
The bird also had a unique call, not a song but a laugh; a chortle of rollicking mirth (to bring the widows back to laughter[8]).
[9] Mrs Vasey asked the Hungarian sculptor, Andor Mészáros, who was living in Melbourne, to design a badge featuring this Australian bird.
No Peacetime Cinderellas, written by historian Roslyn Burge, tells the story of the Guild since its establishment in New South Wales.
[11] The book was launched in October 2008 by the Guild's Patron, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, Governor of New South Wales.
[6] The NSW Guild built 13 blocks of self-care units at nine locations between 1953 and 1988,[3] and continues to provide low cost self care housing to war widows.
[17] Four major events are held each year: the ANZAC Field of Remembrance, the Annual General Meeting, the War Widows' Walk and Picnic, and the members' Christmas Party.