Summary

Photograph taken at the 2003 Yarram Women on Farms Gathering. This image depicts a group of participants performing a song during the Saturday evening gala dinner. The women involved in this performance had learnt the song earlier that day during one of the workshops offered at the Gathering, 'Singing for Fun'.
Part of Museums Victoria's Invisible Farmer Project Collection. The Invisible Farmer Project was the largest ever study of Australian women on the land, uncovering the histories and stories of Australian women in agriculture. It began as a pilot project (2015-2016) and evolved into a three year (2017-2020) nation-wide partnership between rural communities, academic, government and cultural organisations, funded by the Australian Research Council.the absence of rural women in mainstream histories and museums.

Description of Content

Group of women standing on stage singing at the 2003 Yarram Women on Farms Gathering.

Physical Description

Colour Digital Photograph

Significance

The sharing of music, poetry and dance is an important feature of the Victorian Women on Farms Gatherings. Bringing women together for a shared purpose, such activities have helped to break down personal barriers and have offered opportunities for women to express feelings, share experiences, receive validation from others and recharge their batteries. Some poems and songs have been especially written for the occasion and some have been adapted from traditional verse. All of them have honoured the coming together of women as farmers, wives, mothers, teachers, volunteers, supporters and enablers - working alone, with each other, and alongside men.

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