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[ 316MM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Bill & Barbara Meynink  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Jane Ellen Meynink was an accomplished needlewoman, doing fancywork and tapestry. She was also a good cook. The aspect of her work which Jane Ellen really enjoyed was the donation of fabrics by friends, as she enjoyed the donors'..."

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[ 372FK ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga
Owner: Fred Keen  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "The maker of the wagga Rug was Rebecca Keen (1889 - 1965) who was the Mother of the present owner, Fred Keen. The rug was made in about 1940. Rebecca was married to Alfred (1909) who broke his hip loading wheat and later managed pubs..."

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[ 692MM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Margaret Moloney  -  Country/Place Created: ENGLAND Somerset -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: "The Quilt's Journey This quilt was created by my great grandmother, Elizabeth Wiltshire who was born in Somerset, England in 1854. She was in her early twenties when she made the quilt for her glory box in the 1870s. She was from..."

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[ 1100JC ] Quilt Style: Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Juliet Cook  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "In 1960 we bought a farm at Neville, NSW, about 35kms out of Blayney. It snows in the winter. I had 4 children and hardly any money. My grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Davidson, (my mother's mother) sent me 2 Wagga rugs. She had re-covered..."

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