Marie Rees

Marie and Ron Rees are from a sheep station near Ivanhoe in Western NSW. While living there, their nearest major centre was Mildura! Ron is fond of saying, “You learn a lot of trades in the bush. Living on remote country, you have to be able to fix things yourself”. Marie too learnt early in her adult life to be a capable cook, catering for large numbers, growing and harvesting fruit and vegetables. She made many of her childrens’ clothes when they were young. “Running a household on a station is like running a small hotel”. Added to these responsibilities are teaching and supervising the education of her children as well as being dexterous in budgeting and book-keeping.