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[ 304ASA ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued
Owner: Art Gallery of South Australia  -  Country/Place Created: ENGLAND -  Date: pre 1850
Story of Quilt: "Jane Judd's husband was taken prisoner during the American Wars of Independence and after his return to England 12 years later she made a patchwork of his shirts and dyed them with saffron. The broderie perse quilt contains early 19th..."

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[ 385MC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Marie Colbron Conroy  -  Country/Place Created: PAPUA NEW GUINEA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The maker went from Sydney to Port Moresby following her marriage in 1938 to Eric Mitchell on the 'Bulolo'. She was repatriated to Sydney during the war. Her husband died as a POW. Phyllis remarried in Sydney about 1954 and..."

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[ 937AWM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Australian War Memorial  -  Country/Place Created: SINGAPORE Changi Prison -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilts were the idea of a Canadian internee, Mrs. Ethel Mulvaney, who had been a Red Cross representative in Singapore. Making the quilts was designed to alleviate boredom, boost morale and pass information to men in other camps...."

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[ 938AWM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Australian War Memorial  -  Country/Place Created: SINGAPORE Changi Prison -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilts were the idea of a Canadian internee, Mrs. Ethel Mulvaney, who had been a Red Cross representative in Singapore. Making the quilts was designed to alleviate boredom, boost morale and pass information to men in other camps...."

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[ 982SB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Sheila Bruhn  -  Country/Place Created: SINGAPORE Changi Prison -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "This Girl Guide quilt was put together by a group of girls in Changi Prison. The guide group was started by Elizabeth Ennis, an army nursing sister, with the help of a young Dutch girl, Trude van Roode. There were about 20 to 30..."

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