Introduces the listener to Therese Sweeney, Historian and her interest & experience producing dairying histories by immersing herself for years in communities. This new project aims to capture and publish the 20th century dairying history of Berry & surrounds through the voices of the descendants; their life stories, memories and anecdotes of ancestors and their hardships and victories as farmers and early settlers. Toward a regional history, pioneers who laid the foundations in developing the dairy industry to what it is today in Australia. dairying was the primary industry in the Shoalhaven region throughout the 20th century.
Therese engages a leading local historian from Berry and a 5th generation farmer in this first episode to position the work from the late 19th century. An overview if you like, as to what to expect in episodes to follow, the themes and thos families to be engaged whom the lanes are named after from Bomaderry to Berry NSW..
