Summary
Interview with Emily Mueller of Glenbrook Dairy on 30 November 2017 by Catherine Forge at Murray Bridge, South Australia. Original recording.
Emily Mueller was born in Murray Bridge in 1994 and spent her childhood and teenage years growing up in Coonalpyn and Murray Bridge with her family. Emily's family were livestock and grain farmers, and Emily reflects that farming was 'in my blood' from a young age. Emily was educated at Urrbrae Agricultural High School and subsequently completed a TAFE certificate 3 in Business. She married her husband, Trent Mueller, in 2015, and moved to live with him on his family's farm, Glenbrook Dairy. Emily works on the farm in a number of capacities including bookkeeping, accounting, farm safety awareness, cooking, domestic duties, yard work and being mother to her first baby.
In this interview Emily reflects on her passion for farming, gender roles on the farm, climate change and adaptation, intergenerational change and her hopes for getting more involved with managing the farm, alongside her husband, into the future.
This interview is 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.
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Digital audio recording, MP3 format.
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Emily Mueller, Murray Bridge, Victoria, Australia, 2 Jan 2018
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Digital file, MP3
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English
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Dairy Farms, Dairying, Women Farmers, Women in Agriculture, Women on Farms, Agricultural & Workers, Agriculture, Agricultural Workers, Agriculture & Farming, Dairy Industry, Tourism, Immigration