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[ 443DC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Dorothy Cawood  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother Francis Jane McElhinney (nee Patterson) was born on the 15.4.1896 at Milford, Letterkenny, Eire and died on the 22.1.1965 at Melbourne. Francis and her husband Robert lived in a 2 storey house at No.1 Sydney Terrace,..."

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[ 444DC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Dorothy Cawood  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother Francis Jane McElhinney (nee Patterson) was born on the 15.4.1896 at Milford, Letterkenny, Eire and died on the 22.1.1965 at Melbourne. Francis and her husband Robert lived in a 2 storey house at No.1 Sydney Terrace,..."

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[ 642CS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Suffolk Puff
Owner: Celia Suddull  -  Country/Place Created: ENGLAND & SHIPBOARD -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Clara Jemima Hughes (1863-1955) was in service in London and agreed to marry William Johnson who was already in Adelaide. In 1884 Clara paid 10 pound for a ticket to Adelaide on the Orient line 'Sorata', one of the first steamships. ..."

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[ 759PHM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga
Owner: Powerhouse Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Kathleen met her husband William Parker in 1933 during a queen competition for the Woonona School of Arts and Ambulance. She was a candidate for the competition and says 'I had a wonderful but busy 3 months and won a gold watch which..."

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