Rural women, cross-racial collaboration and life writing in the Country Women's Association of New South Wales, 1956-1996.

在澳大利亚的种族关系通常以误解和冲突为特征的时代，这个项目揭示了一个合作和希望的故事。自1950年代以来，对乡村妇女协会在新南威尔士州的六个土著分支机构的调查发现，农村土著妇女和白人妇女之间的合作跨越了社会障碍，使两位重要的土著女族长和作家进入了她们的公共生活。这一及时的社会和文学史项目重新评价了保守的农村妇女的写作和行动主义，为和解进程和澳大利亚的社会健康做出了贡献。

In an era when race relations in Australia are usually characterised by misunderstanding and conflict, this project brings to light a story of co-operation and hope. Investigating six Indigenous branches of the Country Women's Association in NSW from the 1950s uncovers collaborations between rural Aboriginal and white women that transgressed social barriers and launched two significant Aboriginal matriarchs and authors into their public lives. This timely social and literary history project revalues conservative rural women's writing and activism, contributing to the reconciliation process and to the social health of Australia.