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Companionship

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Production Still, Wind & Sky Productions, Savoy Ladies Group documentary, photograph by Jary Nemo, 2014.

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The Savoy Ladies Group became an important source of laughter and companionship for the Italian women tobacco farmers of Myrtleford. It was founded in 1983 to form a social network for the women of the farms, and it still exists today. Pictured are the Group Treasurer Silvana Colombara (left) and Group President Rosa Volpe (right).

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Film: The Savoy Ladies Group

About The Savoy Ladies Group

Migration, Italian Women and Tobacco Farming in Victoria's North East

First Settlers

Local Aboriginals of the Buffalo River

Gold Rush Migrants: Chinese and Europeans

Chinese Influence

Tobacco Kilns Dominate the Town

Migrants from Bonegilla

Poisoning Tobacco Grubs

Caring for Seedbeds

Children on the Farms

Women Work Together

Mists in the Ovens Valley

Women's Work: Grading Tobacco

Families Grew Up Here

Everyone Helped at Harvest

Isolation

Tobacco Kilns Today

Tombola

Companionship