GREAT AUSTRALIAN CWA STORIES

by Bill 'Swampy' Marsh and The Country Women's Association

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New softcover book, 302 pages, published 2011.

Includes 90 classic traditional, tempting, tried-and-true CWA recipes

Put your hand up if you think the CWA is a tea-and-scones group of women who sit around tables and chat away. Wrong! Well, they do make the best jams and scones in the whole world, but as these stories reveal, these big-hearted, fun-loving, practical women are the backbone of communities throughout Australia.

Think drought relief, rural health programs, care for migrant women, outback education, women standing up and taking on politicians, women with international reputations. Guess who led the protests when the first big shopping centres in Australia were built with no public toilets? CWA women dig bogged vehicles out of sand dunes, look after the lost and lonely, speak at national events, and can still, at the end of the day, serve up a plate of scones just out of the oven and a strong cup of tea.

We couldn′t get by without CWA, and this book tells some of their stories and shares a few of their best recipes and household tips!

About the author
Bill 'Swampy' Marsh (born Sydney 1950) is an award-winning writer/performer of stories, songs and plays. He spent most of his youth in rural south-western New South Wales. After backpacking through three continents and working in the wine industry, his writing hobby blossomed into a career. Bill's first collection of short stories, Beckom Pop. 64, was published in 1988. He has written soundtrack songs and music for television documentaries, runs writing workshops in schools and communities and is a teacher of short story writing within the Adelaide Institute of TAFE's Professional Writing Unit. He has won and judged many nationwide short story writing and songwriting competitions and short film awards.
Great Australian CWA Stories is part of Bill's very successful series of 'Great Australian' stories including: New Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories, The ABC Book of Great Aussie Stories for Young People, Great Australian Stories- Outback Towns and Pubs, More Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories, Great Australian Railway Stories, Great Australian Droving Stories, Great Australian Shearing Stories and Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories.

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Great Australian CWA Stories - Bill 'Swampy' Marsh and Country Women's Association