Digital Photograph - Baton Change Performance, Women on Farms Gathering, Tallangatta, 1993

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Summary:: Photograph taken at the 1993 Tallangatta Gathering during a performance of a theatrical play titled 'The Baton Change'. This play dealt with the serious and often distressing issue of farm succession, along with the difficulties that rural women face due to the ongoing practice of patrilineal farm inheritance. The scene depicts a family sitting around the kitchen table reading their wills. The hypothetical was created by the women who acted out the characters in the story, using experiences from their own family's situations. According to the 1993 Tallangatta Gathering Proceedings, 'the role play was so close to many of the audience's own experiences that emotions were heightened sharply'. The script was compiled by local woman Alana Johnson and is held in the Museum Victoria Heritage Collection archives.
Description:: Colour Digital Photograph.
Description Of Content:: Audience members in the Tallangatta Memorial Hall watching a performance of the play, 'The Baton Change.'

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Tagged with:	politics, agriculture, rural life, gender issues, globalisation, work, women s associations, family businesses, women on farms gatherings, farming information
Themes this item is part of:	Sustainable Futures Collection, Victorian Women on Farms Gathering Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection
Primary Classification:	AGRICULTURE & RURAL LIFE
Secondary Classification:	Community Activity - Women on Farms Gathering
Tertiary Classification:	images (to be classified)
Format:	Digital Photograph: Colour; JPEG
Place & Date of Event:	Tallangatta, Victoria, Australia, 1993