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Icon - Mallee Bottle, Women on Farms Gathering, Ouyen, 1998
Reg. No: HT 1422
- Summary:
- Icon created for and displayed at the Women on Farms Gathering, Ouyen 1998.
The bottle of mallee sands and soils are a symbol of the way individuals (represented by the different grains of sand and soil) can join together, become solid and are powerful in one united group.
'This was a true symbol of the Mallee, and the Mallee Spirit - Prepared to join together and work together and be proud of what and where we are.' Colleen Morrish, member of the Ouyen Gathering Organising Committee.
The closing of each Gathering and the anticipation of the next is celebrated with a formal 'baton changing' ritual, where a symbolic 'icon' is handed over from one organising committee to the next. Each item represents a story or message of some of the key themes and issues, which have shaped the meaning and experience of these women's rural identity. - Acquisition Information:
- Loan & Subsequent Donation from Victorian Women on Farms Gathering, 2002
| Discipline: | Technology |
| Dimensions: | 275 mm (Height), 198 mm (Diameter) |
More information
| Tagged with: | agriculture, bottles, gender issues, globalisation, politics, rural life, work |
| Themes this item is part of: | Sustainable Futures Collection, Victorian Women on Farms Gathering Collection, 1998 Ouyen WoFG, 1998 Ouyen - 'Women of the Land' |
| Primary Classification: | AGRICULTURE & RURAL LIFE |
| Secondary Classification: | Community Activity - Women on Farms Gathering |
| Tertiary Classification: | symbolic objects |
| Commissioned By: | Victorian Women on Farms Gathering, Ouyen, Mallee, Victoria, Australia, 1998 |
| Commissioned By: | Ms. Colleen Morrish - Ouyen Women on Farms Gathering Organising Committee, Ouyen, Mallee, Victoria, Australia, 1998 |
| Place & Date Made: | Ouyen, Mallee, Victoria, Australia, 1998 |
| References: |
http://www.wofgcollection.org.au/About.aspx, viewed 12.05.2008 LDH http://cv.vic.gov.au/#, viewed 12.05.2008 LDH |
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