‘MOTHERLAND’ – a true account of rural mums

STEPHANIE Tretheway is going from strength to strength writing and creating a village, albeit mostly virtual but connecting rural mothers across the nation. She was recently named as Tasmania’s Australian of the Year - 2024. Photo: SUPPLIED.

By Jodi Fry

December 18, 2023 | 6:00 PM

STEPHANIE Trethewey was busy building a career as a television journalist, when one slow news day she attended an agricultural event for work.

Through that event there was a chance encounter, that ultimately led to her marrying a farmer and moving with a husband and young son to a beef farm in Tasmania.