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    A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN

    Apr 23, 2020 2 minutes
    WORDS PENNY CARROLL

    TAMARA BOWMAN

    Weaver, Mudgee, NSW

    IT’S DARK, DUSTY and freezing in winter, but it’s all hers: the rustic woolshed on Tamara Bowman’s property near Mudgee, NSW, is a sweet retreat for this creative gardener-turned-weaver.

    The large, corrugated iron structure began its life as a two-stand woolshed, but it had been left idle for many years when Tamara, 55, and her family moved to the 68-hectare

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