Amazon Acres

Amazon Acres was a women-only community located in northern New South Wales, Australia, and inhabited from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.[1][2]

Amazon Acres was founded in 1974 on 1,000 acres of land near Wauchope, about 400 kilometres north of Sydney.[3][4] It was located on a mountaintop, and was also known as The Mountain.

The community was founded by women, including academic Kerryn Higgs, who were dissatisfied with life in mainstream society and wanted to experiment with communal ways of living.[3][5] Decision making in the community was achieved by consensus, and childcare and chores were shared among the community members.[1]

The community's population ranged from 10 to 100 women during the decade it existed. The last residents left in the mid-1980s, although the co-operative still owns the land.[3]

References
  1. Souter, Fenella (29 July 2019). "'No men, no meat, no machines': How a band of women tried to forge a female utopia". ABC Radio International. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. Hall, Sand, ed. (2019). Shelters and Building: Stories of Women's Lands, Australia, Volume 2 (1st ed.). Shall Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9954267-1-9.
  3. Meyering, Isobelle Barrett (May 2013). "'There must be a better way': motherhood and the dilemmas of feminist lifestyle change". Outskirts. University of Western Australia. 28. ISSN 1445-0445. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. "Amazon Acres". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. Jackson, Amber; Higgs, Kerryn; Robinson, Sophie (2020). "no men, no meat, no machines". All About Women. Retrieved 22 February 2020. (Sydney Opera House event.)
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