Motherland Australia – Détails, épisodes et analyse

When people go on a reality TV show to find the love of their life, it doesn’t always end in a baby announcement and a full-blown commitment to each other. But when Clare Hockings decided to try to find her life partner on Farmer Wants A Wife in 2023, well, things kind of ended that way. Clare was raised in Scone NSW, Australia’s horse capital. And later in the country music capital of Tamworth. She worked in childcare and the local stockyards and spent her weekends with her horses. So she knew what she was getting into when she decided to look for love with a farmer. And when she met farmer Brad from Cootamundra, she was pretty smitten. But at one point, Clare wanted to leave the show, but Brad asked her not to. And lucky he did that because when the final episode of the season went to air, Clare was already living with Brad, and she was pregnant! Clare and I talk about everything from finding love on reality TV to what happens when you find out you're pregnant in a relatively new relationship, and what the first eight months of rural motherhood have been like for her.

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Motherland will be back in your ears on Monday October 7 with a brand new Spring season!

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I met Deb Frecklington at Beef Week in Rockhampton this year at a cocktail party, and before she knew it, I’d roped her into sharing her story for the first time like this. Deb is a proud Queenslander who grew up on a cattle property. She’s worn many hats throughout her career including producer, and, politician. Amongst it all, she’s a mum to three girls.

Deb has served as the Leader of the Opposition, and the Shadow Minister for Agriculture just to name a few roles. She’s currently the State Member for Nanango and Shadow Minister for Energy and the Cost of Living, Shadow Minister for Water and the Construction of Dams and Shadow Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing. It’s a mouthful, and a handful, but throughout her career and humble beginnings, her values have been quite simple.

Family has always been her driving force. This isn’t a chat about politics (thank god!), this is a conversation about Deb’s personal journey including her love of the land, her passion for encouraging rural women to follow their dreams, and her remarkable family journey. This is her story.

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Today's episode is special for two reasons, firstly, it's our last episode of our Autumn season, proudly sponsored by Nutrien Ag Solutions. Secondly, you're about to hear Emily Mealey's story, and she's a Senior Account Manager in Insurance at Nutrien, and a mum of two. She's based in Dubbo,  and met her husband at the tender age of 18 after having a minor car prang! Financially as a young family, things were tough, really tough, but Emily and her husband made it work. A few years later Emily found herself in a very dark place, and very stressed, and today she talks openly about that time and how she got through it. A warning, this episode touches on mental health including suicidal thoughts, so if you or anyone you know needs help please contact Lifeline immediately on 13 11 14.

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Keelen Mailman is a proud Bidjara woman who 25 years ago became the first Aboriginal woman to manage a commercial cattle station, and she still lives on that property today. Keleen grew up in an Aboriginal camp on the edge of the town of Augathella, and her story is about overcoming all the odds. She's survived poverty, racism and abuse, including horrific domestic violence. As a single mum, she's raised three children of her own, but also took in five nieces of her nieces and nephews. What Keelen's endured and overcome over the years is extraordinary. She pens it all in her memoir, The Power of Bones, which also details her seven year struggle to have the remains of her ancestors returned to country. Strap yourselves in for Keelen. This is her story.

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Are you okay? It's the question that changed everything for Jess Bargenquast. Because as a mum, a wife, and an employee, Jess was far from okay.  The pressures of life, the motherload, and the constant people pleasing led her to breaking point Then, just as she'd started to put the pieces back together, Jess's dad took his own life, and she hit rock bottom. Jess is ready to share her story, and and she wants to share it now. This Thursday is R U OK? Day, and I hope her story reminds every one to look after each other and to ask the simple question that could save a life. This is her story.

*If you or anyone you know needs help, please contact Lifeline immediately on 13 11 14.

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Robyn Verrall unexpectedly fell pregnant when she was 19, and six months into her pregnancy, her relationship ended.  As a nurse and a young single mum, she battled at times just to buy food and support her little girl- and it's these struggles with food security that has ignited her passion to support others through her busines Bully's Meats. Robyn is the AgriFutures Rural Women's Award South Australian Winner and she's been in the headlines-  but her story and her motherhood journey has never been told like this. Ironically, she moved to land and later started her meat business after swearing she'd never marry a farmer, but she did. A man who had been there all long- a romance that blossomed thanks to her 20 year high school reunion. This is her story.

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Louise O'Neill knows what it's like to hit burn out as a rural family. She was pregnant with her first child when her husband hit breaking point physically and mentally. After that, they revaluated everything and made some big decisions, one of them was to sell their 5th generation family farm and start fresh elsewhere. Amongst it all, Louise started her business Farm Life Fitness to support the health and wellbeing programs of farming families, and it's her work that saw her win the AgriFutures Rural Women's Award for Western Australia. Louise is originally from the UK, and went travelling around Australia before an ad on Gumtree changed everything. This is her story.

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Linda Goldspink-Lord has endured unimaginable pain. She suffered a health crisis after burning the candle at both ends at home and at work, and then soon after she lost her mum to cancer. But 10 years ago Linda was dealt the cruelest blow of all when her 13 year old daughter Molly died in a quad bike accident on their NSW property. Linda's story is one of grief and trauma, but it's also about how she's managed to crawl through the darkness as she calls it, the inspiration for her incredible book. The work she's done to save herself, save her marriage and her family is quite extraordinary and our chat is as uplifting as it is heartbreaking. This is Linda's story.

A quick warning that this episode talks in depth about the loss of a child and might be triggering for some. It also touches on the theme of suicide, so if you need support, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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