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I’ll keep updating this with information as I go, but reach out any time to ask me any questions.
Who will be involved in the production of the book?
Hopefully as many Wagga locals as possible. It is important to me that this project has meaningful community engagement and consultation. I’ll be trying my best to engage local editors, designers, artists and more for any paid or collaborative work.
How can we stay up to date on the project?
For now I’m updating my progress here. Transparency is very important to me. I hope to get a Facebook page and newsletter set up soon.
What sort of book will it be?
My hope is that the book will be a combination of photographs, short quotes, brief histories and most importantly, storytelling.
This will not be a historical account of the building. Geoff Burch from Wagga Wagga District Historical Society has done an amazing collating this information, check it out here.
This book will be something you can pick up and flick through, hopefully at the dinner table with your family or when you reunite with other Wagga girls who shared your experiences. I hope it brings back lots of lovely memories and creates conversations about the strength, love and shenanigans of Wagga girls across the decades.
Accessibility is also very important. I want everyone to be able to enjoy this book.
Why are you doing this project?
The short answer is, I want to do something that uplifts women’s voices and benefits the community that I grew up in. Check out my “About the Author” page to find out more about my journey.
When will the book be published?
Well that really depends on the community support! At the moment I am doing community outreach to gauge interest, but my hope is that I could get a first copy printed in time for Anzac Day, 2027, to honour the Service Women whose lives were forever altered by the war. It’s an ambitious target, but I’m an ambitious woman!
This timing will also line up with the Wagga Wagga City Council Annual Grants program, which I hope to secure funding from to publish the hard copies of the book.
Why are you calling it “Wagga” and not Wagga Wagga?
Well we know Aussies like to abbreviate everything, unless it’s too short, in which case we’ll slap an “o” or an “ee” on the end. Wagga Wagga has always just been “Wagga” to me, as it is to most of the Wagga girls I’m lucky to call my friends.
It’s kind of like when you get in trouble from your Mum and they use your first name and middle name so you know they mean business. It feels a bit formal calling it Wagga Wagga to me. I call it Wagga, Waggatown, Waggsy, and probably other names I’ve forgotten!