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Broom factory resists sweeping changes in consumer culture
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August 4, 2019
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2:42Now PlayingOn a typical day, Geoff Wortes and Rob Richards make more than 50 brooms by hand at their factory on the edge of the Snowy Mountains.
The brooms are made using millet; the grass fibres appear stiff and uncooperative, but experienced hands mould them with ease.
More than a dozen people worked at the Tumut Broom Factory during the 1970s — now only two remain.
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