Outback Women

“… Inspired by both het mother’s example and her Queensland bush childhood, photographer Melissa McCord started out on a journey to document the lives of outback women that would take her over two years and 70.000 kilometres to complete. …

In a series of interviews from the Pilbara to the Gulf Country, from the Gascoyne to Central Burnett, the women Melissa McCord met and photographed speak of their lives and what living, working and surviving in the outback means to them. Despite hardship and the struggle, whether describing how they cope with natural disaster or even how they combine station life with bringing up a family, their courage and resourcefulness speak for themselves. …”