Creative Women’s Association · Southern Cross Registry
Your work.
Your name.
Your mark.
Register as an Australian maker. Get your verified identity. Sell your work with provenance attached. First six months free.
Where do you start
Pick your path.
Get your Unique Provenance Identifier
Your permanent verified maker number. Issued once. Held for life. The foundation of everything — your seal, your marketplace listing, your Digital Product Passport.
Register now →Sell on the Southern Cross Marketplace
Your verified storefront. Every piece you list carries your provenance record — who made it, where, from what. Buyers scan the QR and see your story.
See the Marketplace →Join the Australian Crafts Alliance
The national network for guilds, studios, and making spaces. Register your members in the Geographical Indications Directory for Crafts, Industrial Products, and Cultural Works.
Join the Alliance →Women in Culture Awards
Australia’s first formal awards for women whose work sustains and advances the nation’s cultural life. Nominate yourself or someone whose work deserves recognition.
Nominate now →
Southern Cross Marketplace
Verified work.
Real provenance.
Every product listed on the Southern Cross Marketplace carries a verified provenance record — the maker’s identity, the material’s origin, the production method. Buyers scan a QR code and see the complete story.
RPC-2026-0001 is live. Australia’s first verified Digital Product Passport, issued by an independent maker registry. Scan it now.
Your maker identity
One number.
Permanent. Verified. Yours.
Your Unique Provenance Identifier works like an ABN for makers — or an APRA number for musicians. Issued once by CWA. Held for life. It is your verified place in the Southern Cross Registry — Australia’s only independent provenance registry for makers of textiles, crafts, and cultural goods.
When a buyer scans the QR code on your work, your name, your place, and your practice is part of what they find. Not a brand claim. A verified credential.
The Southern Cross Hallmark
The mark that proves
your work is what it claims to be.
The Southern Cross Hallmark is CWA’s certification framework. Two stamps — the Southern Cross Mark certifies the material, the Southern Cross Seal certifies the maker.
Together they form the complete verified chain from raw material to finished piece. Applied to your work. Scannable. Permanent.
For guilds, studios, and organisations
The infrastructure
behind the making.
Australia’s peak body for craft and industrial production
The national network of guilds, studios, and affiliated organisations. Convened by CWA. Modelled on the European Crafts Alliance. Register your members in the Geographical Indications Directory for Crafts, Industrial Products, and Cultural Works.
Join the Alliance →Australia’s first formal credentials for cultural work
The Certified Cultural Practitioner credential for intangible practice. The Certified Cultural Atelier credential for makers and producers of tangible cultural goods. The first formally recognised qualifications in the sector in Australia.
The Institute →Geographical Indication protection for Australian producers
The AU–EU Free Trade Agreement creates the pathway for Australian producers to access Geographical Indication protection for craft and industrial products. Register now and your evidentiary record is building. Those who wait start from zero.
Learn more →Live now
Scan it. It’s real.
Australia’s first verified Digital Product Passport — issued by an independent maker registry — is live now. Plaid Cape | Moonlight Serenade. Made by PennyJane in Geelong from merino wool grown in Ararat, Victoria. The complete provenance chain, verified by CWA.
Start here.
Your provenance chain begins today.
Join CWA. Register your Unique Provenance Identifier. List your work on the Southern Cross Marketplace. First six months free.
Creative Women’s Association · Southern Cross Registry · ABN 54 693 315 043 · Geelong, Victoria