Local Leader | Wollondilly Group CWA: Handicraft competition underway

By Pat Hughes
Updated February 16 2018 - 11:51am, first published 9:20am

Handicrafts and CWA have long been associated with rural women. Following World War l and the Depression there was a need for women to make simple everyday items and sew clothing for their families. Australia had not developed a handicraft tradition as in northern hemisphere countries, with their climate and close communities.

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