CWA Brunswick Heads Branch by Beverly Masters

Pictured: Quilts made by Brunswick Heads CWA. Source: Supplied.

During World War I, the Country Women’s Association (CWA) extended assistance to soldiers and their families by supplying clothing, care packages, and raising funds for medical provisions. Additionally, they advocated for food preservation and cultivation to alleviate shortages, coordinating communal kitchens and promoting homegrown crops.

These initiatives underscored the CWA’s dedication to community welfare and its capacity to mobilise women in times of adversity, cementing its role as a crucial support system in Australia. Annually, we pay our respects on ANZAC Day and lay a wreath at the Brunswick Heads Memorial Park on 25 April.

CWA Brunswick Heads Crafty Women meet each Friday between 10am
– 2pm, corner of Park and Booyun Street, Brunswick Heads. Join us for a chat, a cuppa and bring along your craft projects including sewing, knitting, crocheting, memory books or quilting. Women are always welcome, please bring a gold coin donation.

If you would like to be a member please email: brunscwa@gmail.com For more information visit: facebook. com/CWAofBrunswickHeads

Presidents Poem by Beverly Masters

In the heart of a thriving community’s glow, Lies a

tapestry of stories that ebb and flow In shared laughter

and moment of tears a bond forms stronger throughout

the years a web of support, a safety net found

In our CWA community, we are uniquely bound

From diverse backgrounds, culture, and creed

In unity, may we find what we need

A mosaic of lives, each unique and bright

Listening to each other and not always having to be right

On the corner of Park and Booyun streets

Is where our CWA members and friends meet.

byronwave | April 2024

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