В whoop-whoop'е под названием Wirulla не хватает невест. Проблема настолько серьезная, что в прессе опубликовали статью и в следующем месяце намечается фестиваль "Wirrulla Wants a Wife" - Wirrulla Wants a Wife - Home
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A CRITICAL shortage of women which threatens the future of rural communities has reached crisis point in some areas.
Young women are increasingly choosing a city lifestyle over family farms and a lack of job opportunities is compounding the problem.
The issue has left men in some rural areas with little hope of finding a partner and one remote community is taking matters into its own hands.
A busload of Adelaide women has been organised to attend a "Wirrulla Wants a Wife" festival next month.
With a town population of just 60, farmers in the West Coast region have been hard hit by a shortage of women.
Many of the area's young women moved away for work and study and never returned.
South Australian Farmers Federation president Peter White said this was a growing issue across the state.
Young women are increasingly choosing a city lifestyle over family farms and a lack of job opportunities is compounding the problem.
The issue has left men in some rural areas with little hope of finding a partner and one remote community is taking matters into its own hands.
A busload of Adelaide women has been organised to attend a "Wirrulla Wants a Wife" festival next month.
With a town population of just 60, farmers in the West Coast region have been hard hit by a shortage of women.
Many of the area's young women moved away for work and study and never returned.
South Australian Farmers Federation president Peter White said this was a growing issue across the state.
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