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[ 6DG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Diana Garder  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The cottage it was used in is part of a cabin group of "depression architecture" holiday cabins in the Royal National Park, which have been classified by the National Trust and entered on the Register of the National..."

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[ 51GPM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The rugs were made by Lorraine's mother, Mrs Edna Richards, nee Holland, around the 1950s when the family were farming at 'Holmelands', Merriwagga. Mrs Richards, now 83 years old, was born in my old home territory of Grenfell. She..."

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[ 52GPM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1940 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The rugs were made by Lorraine's mother, Mrs Edna Richards, nee Holland, around the 1950s when the family were farming at 'Holmelands', Merriwagga. Mrs Richards, now 83 years old, was born in my old home territory of Grenfell. She..."

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[ 94SR ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random
Owner: Sharlene Rogers (for Nadia Brookes)  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Elizabeth Mary Smith, 1856 - 1946, was married at 17 and emigrated to Australia with her husband Tom some time later. She had 11 children and one was born either on the ship or shortly after their arrival in Australia. 2 babies died..."

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[ 157LB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Lynnette Brown  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Maude Thompson was widowed at the age of 30, after only 10 years of marriage and was left with five small daughters. At that time there was not a Widow's Pension available. Mrs Thompson and her daughters lived in the house which was..."

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[ 159RH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Richard Holloway  -  Country/Place Created: Unknown -  Date: Unknown
Quilt History: "Maker unknown. Owned by Richard Holloway and displayed on a bed at Tyntyndyer Homestead (Historic Property open to the public)."

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[ 200BM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle
Owner: Barbara McCabe  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Barbara and her husband David were school teachers, and moved around Victoria, from Echuca to Research to Geelong/Highton. Barbara made a number of quilts in this style during the 1960s and early 1970s as bedcoverings for the..."

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[ 201BM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Barbara McCabe  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Barbara and her husband David were school teachers, and moved around Victoria, from Echuca to Research to Geelong/Highton. This quilt was known as Michael's quilt. It was superseded within 4 years of having been made. Up until..."

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[ 203WO ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Win Oliver  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: "Elizabeth Curnow was born in 1827 and travelled to Australia in 1852, leaving St Ives, in Cornwall, England. She had been married at 18 to William Edward Curnow. When they left England they had 2 little girls, aged 6 and 4. On the..."

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[ 204MW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Margaret Wright  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Minnie Margaret Susan Glover was born at Sulky Gully, near Ballarat on 25/8/1868, the eldest of seven children of William and Jane Glover. The children were educated at home by a governess. In 1885 the family moved to 'Loyetta', 606..."

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