Meet the enthusiastic and passionate Jane Vaughan who is co-founder, co-director and employee of Big Sky Stories, a community-based organisation in Broken Hill which wants to give children in the far west of New South Wales a love of stories and reading.
She is today’s guest on A Home in the Outback.
Jane chose to move to Broken Hill about 15 years ago after finishing her university teaching degree in Sydney. Living in the city was not her cup of tea so she opened the street directory in her car one day and decided Broken Hill was ‘pretty west’.
She moved here without a job but word soon got around town a teacher was in town and she soon got a job at Railway Town Public school. 
Around 2010 Jane started seeing new models of engaging children in creative writing open up in the cities and thought it was an exciting way to engage children in a rapidly changing world.
But there were no opportunities in the far west.
She sat on the idea for 10 years before deciding to do
something about it and in 2022 Big Sky Stories began with a physical space in Argent Street in Broken Hill.    
You can make a tax-deductible donation to Big Sky Stories via its website.
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Books mentioned by Jane in the podcast (purchase through One More Page to support Big Sky Stories!)
The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe
The Adventures of Bottersnikes and Gumbles -
Where the wild things are
The Jolly Postman

A home in the outback is produced by Katherine Waite ⁠ahomeintheoutback.com⁠ an interviewer and writer based in Broken Hill, NSW.

Music by Aimee Volkofsky - Heart is a desert from Dust Lust.

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