2006 Rural Women's
Award
North West region
NSW Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald announced in February cotton farmer and rural towns website designer Kate Schwager as the 2006 RIRDC NSW Rural Women's Award winner.
Mrs Schwager, from Wee Waa in the State's northwest, won the award in recognition of her efforts to promote rural towns and their links to agriculture, as well as her contribution to the cotton industry.
"Mrs Schwager has created a rural towns website project that promotes the role of agriculture in small towns and also helps attract tourists to regional areas," Mr Macdonald said.
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KATE SCHWAGER,
Winner of a 2006 Rural
Women's Award.
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"She is also well-regarded for her experience in the cotton industry. She runs a successful cotton and wheat share-farming enterprise and is publicity officer for WINCOTT (the Women in Cotton Network).
"Seven years ago she began developing websites to promote her local community and generate extra income opportunities.
"She has now developed a Rural Towns Package based on her original weewaa.com website and wants to share her learnings with other rural communities. "Kate is an excellent example of a rural woman who has the initiative and determination to make things happen."
The annual awards are designed to recognise the outstanding contribution women make in primary industries. The NSW awards are coordinated by the Department of Primary Industry's (DPI) Rural Women's Network.
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