She'll be apples Podcast - a unique and historic West Australian story

This week we feature a wonderful podcast which is entitled "She'll be apples" the story about how WA women have and are still shaping the apple industry. 

This  is a story that starts with Maud Williams, the woman who nurtured an protected the first Lady Williams apple tree discovered on the family  property.  An apple so significant  it must continue to be celebrated as the pivotal start to the current and ongoing success of the  Australian apple industry.   This tree is still producing fruit at its birth place on Boronia Farm in Donnybrook. 

This is truly a story with appeal!

Pieced together by Professor Susan Broomhall of the Gender and Women's History Research Centre of the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences of the from the Australian Catholic University and featuring Gina Pickering,local journalist, as the interviewer.

Thanks to local contributors including Maud William's direct descendants, Helen Cripps, Steele Jacob, John Doust, Lyn and Barry Green, Nic Giblett and others this fabulous story is told in an enlightening and entertaining manner.  Describing the impact of WA women in the local apple industry with the Lady Williams being the  'Mother of all WA bred apples' including the Pink Lady®, Sundowner and Bravo®/Soluna™ apples.  

Significant for all of us, this story is now etched in as a permanent record of our State's apple industry achievements in the State Library of WA.

Thanks To Boronia Orchard Website Donnybrook