15/06/2026
A little thank you.
This month’s The Australian Women’s Weekly is a rural issue guest-edited by the mother cradling her child in this pic.
Edwina Bartholomew sits at this table, having assembled a small (but mighty) group of rural women to a paddock near Dubbo, NSW and casually facilitates a conversation that weaves a thread. She invites us all to contribute, offering our thoughts on life in the bush.
It’s so our words can end up on the pages of a beloved national magazine. It’s so a few people reading the magazine (I picture them in a doctor’s surgery waiting for an appt they don’t really want but know they need) might get to know us women and the life we have chosen to live in rural Australia.
An artist, a designer, a PR whiz, a nutritionist, a restauranteur, a wine grower, a tea maker, a photographer, an e-commerce genius, a dairy farmer, native food producer and me.
The thing that is underestimated when the patient picks up this magazine and flicks from page to page is the value of each word to the individuals featured, the businesses they are building and the communities they represent.
If small business deals in a currency, its visibility. That’s especially true when you live in the bush.
Visibility leads to viability.
So thank you The Australian Women’s Weekly for carving out space for rural stories. For not just including them on the fringe but smack bang in the centre. On the cover, even. Thanks for asking the questions and celebrating the potential.
And thanks to the mother cradling her babe, for having the energy to bring us all along for the ride. For every woman at this table, there’s hundreds not pictured. At work in their shop, their packing shed, their kitchen table, their paddock. Deserving our attention. And our custom. I hope our words reflect your thoughts.
If you don’t want to wait for your next checkup, find this mag everywhere, from today.
Style Director: mattie cronan
Market Editor: Lilly
Photography: lana landsberry
Photography Assistant: Lauren
Hair and Make up: Alli Boyle and C h e r r y C h e u n g
Words: Edwina Bartholomew with Samantha Trenoweth
Tablescape: Sophie Barlow and Camilla Thompson
Production Assistant: lyss
