Australian Country

If it takes a village to raise a child, it requires a sizeable rural community to produce a magazine, and a good chunk of regional Australia to keep it going. There are just so many people to thank for seeing this issue, our third since COVID-19 chan

Miriam started in the make-up and hair industry 20 years ago in film and television and has worked on fashion pages for magazines across Europe and Australia. She has won many awards for her bridal work and does weddings throughout the Sydney region.

I do enjoy reading about the houses and gardens of people of all ages in the heartland. I assume, like me, most readers are white and middle class, as represented by your articles. Yet we are a nation made up of so many cultures, including First Nati

Debut novelist Alka Joshi transports the reader to India in the 1950s as she takes her protagonist, a young Indian woman escaping an abusive marriage, on her journey of self-discovery. From henna tattooing and arranged marriage to the importance of e

Editor Kirsty McKenzie email kmckenzie@umco.com.au Designer Bianca de Ocampo Contributors Sandra Hinton, Miriam van Cooten Photography Ken Brass, Alexandra Grimshaw, Anastasia Kariofyllidis, Caitlin Mills Advertising Angelos Tzovlas ph (03) 9694