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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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[ 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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[ 263NTA ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Diamond, Tumbling Block
Owner: National Trust of Australia (SA)  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Quilt History: "Made by Mrs E Coulter, a farmer's wife, aged 80, in Yorketown (SA), in 1880. Owned by the National Trust of Australia (SA), Renmark. It is displayed at the historic house museum 'Olivewood'."

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[ 265NPW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic
Owner: National Parks & Wildlife Service of SA  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "The pattern appeared in 1882 in Caulfield's 'Dictionary of Needlework', as Pattern Mosaics 4. The quilt was made for the Adelaide Jubilee Exhibition of 1887. As one of her 12 children owned a drapery shop, the fabrics may have come..."

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[ 266NPW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: National Parks & Wildlife Service of SA  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "In 1883 Esther's daughter Bessie died, and she became responsible for the six grandchildren, all under the age of 12. The quilt was made after Bessie's death."

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[ 306NTA ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature
Owner: National Trust of Australia (SA)  -  Country/Place Created: Unknown -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Quilt History: "Maker unknown, believed made c.1900. Owned by the National Trust of Australia (SA), and kept at Collingrove Homestead, Angaston (SA)."

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[ 321MHV ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle
Owner: Miles Historical Village & Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "Made in 1969-1970 for the Miles Museum by a group of women who lived locally. They were Mrs Edith Robinson, Mrs Evelyn Mundell, and Mrs Joyce Campbell. Joyce is known to be living at Condamine township, 1997. It was made for the bed..."

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[ 322MHV ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Miles Historical Village & Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "Made by Mrs W.H. Goodfellow when she lived in Brisbane. She had lived in the Miles District, and the quilt won 1st prize at the district show in 1951. Now owned by the Miles Historical Village & Museum, and used as a chaise lounge..."

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[ 323MHV ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Miles Historical Village & Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA -  Date: Unknown
Quilt History: "Maker and place of making not known. Owned by the Miles Historical Village and Museum Queensland. Used as a chaise lounge mattress cover on the 'sleep out' of the slab hut."

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[ 348THS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Tamworth Historical Society Inc  -  Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD England -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Mr. And Mrs. Coupland lived at Woollahra Sydney and at Jamberoo on the south coast but it is not known where Edith Peate lived."

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