Further along in the trip down memory lane.

Further along in the trip down memory lane.

In the late 1940’s, a group of women on quite isolated properties in the Jerilderie District, got together and formed The Argoon CWA Branch.

Most properties around us were forty-five miles north from Jerilderie, roads in a bad way after 6 years of wear and very few cars about, so driving to town for CWA meetings was really not an option.

We did not have a hall, instead, we took it in turns to have the monthly meetings in each other’s homes.  At the conclusion of each meeting, the secretary would ask who would like to be hostess for the following month.  Someone would put up their hand, as we all took a plate, catering was not a problem.

Argoon took its name from a small settlement on the Griffith Road, all that was there was a small church, no other buildings, with a service once a month.

The inaugural meeting was at Pooginook Station, about eight miles from home.  Some other properties, from memory, were Fairly Brange, Peyliona, Stud Park North, Galo Vale, Cooinbil, Wonga and Eleroo (the latter is the home of the Pooginook Merion Stud).

Mostly we travelled 10-20 miles to the meetings, and I think we had about twenty members.

Mum was a skilled knitter and took part in various competitions, run by head office.  Our involvement was from about 1947 – 1955, when ill health forced Dad to retire to the south coast.

A footnote to the above, many women could not drive, so often there would be a small group of men lurking in a back shed having a lovely catch up with other men, whom they rarely had a chance to meet.  Someone would run down with plates of cakes and cups of tea when it was afternoon tea for the ladies.

King regards   Vivienne Mulley