Update: The Invisible Farmer: securing Australian farm women’s history

Nikki  Henningham; Helen  Morgan

doi:10.1080/01576895.2017.1402355

Update: The Invisible Farmer: securing Australian farm women’s history

Nikki Henningham eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6634-192X
Helen Morgan eScholarship Research Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6040-8807

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01576895.2017.1402355

Keywords: Women, rural, farmers, oral history, work, rural women’s networks, farm women, women’s archives, women’s records, women’s history, gender equity, Australian Women’s Archives Project, Australian Women’s Register, Australian Women in Agriculture Movement

Abstract

This article reviews the Invisible Farmer project – the largest study of Australian women on the land – a third of the way through its three year funding period. It introduces the aims of this collaborative and multidisciplinary project, focusing on the role of records and oral histories in the creation of new narratives, and the task of raising public awareness of the important historical and contemporary contributions made by Australian women farmers. We examine the way digital platforms work to curate records and promote research, and outline the important role that the Australian Women’s Register, a core project of the Australian Women’s Archives Project, will play in achieving outcomes.

Published

2017-11-28

How to Cite

Henningham N. and Morgan H. (2017) “Update: The Invisible Farmer: securing Australian farm women’s history”, Archives & Manuscripts, 46(1), pp. 90–99. doi: 10.1080/01576895.2017.1402355.

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Vol 46 No 1 (2018)

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Reflection articles

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