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[ 1GM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature
Owner: Gilgandra Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "The signatures on this fund raising quilt were all embroidered by Mrs. Clara Ward of "Wait-a-While" Biddon NSW. Clara Ward was born Clara Blackert at Nash's Flat near Mudgee in 1883. In 1913 she and her husband Percy moved..."

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[ 114MD ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Suffolk Puff
Owner: Mary Lennox Denyer  -  Country/Place Created: SCOTLAND -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Jean Gavin was born in Scotland in 1850 and widowed in 1895 when she was pregnant with her fourth child. Her husband was William Reid Gavin and they lived in Dalmellington, Ayrshire. The death of her husband changed family life..."

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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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[ 160WHS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Williamstown Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Mrs Hansen and other mothers sent food parcels to their soldier relatives serving overseas during World War I. The tins containing the food were wrapped in calico. Mrs Hansen asked her son to get his men to sign the pieces of calico..."

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[ 280IB ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Ida Blenkiron  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "I was widowed at the age of 42 years. My husband died of cancer & I was left to rear 5 young children on my own. Through owning valuable land I was not eligible for any pension (government rules at the time). So to help make ends..."

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[ 346HMS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Harden Murrumburrah Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Tamar was born in 1862, the third child to George Borrow and Mary (Mossop) at Mt Clear just outside of Ballarat, Victoria. She inherited the name from her grandmother, Tamar Taylor. Tamar had a sister, Jane (1856) and a brother..."

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[ 369PH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Pauline Hunter  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "My mother was brought up by rather elderly parents and in many ways was very conservative but in other ways was a pioneer of women's interests in Queensland's South West during the 50s and 60s. Â.... She was born at Katoomba in the..."

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[ 371RB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle
Owner: Roslyn Beattie  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Julia White was born 1875 in Adelong [NSW]. After the death of her husband Julia supported her son by dressmaking for stores in Gosford. Scraps were used in quilts." [Roslyn Beattie]

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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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[ 386CW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Colleen Whitaker  -  Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD Ireland -  Date: pre 1850
Story of Quilt: "The family suggest that the reason the quilt was not finished (backed) may have related to the time available on the ship. If the quilt wasn't finished on arrival there wasn't time in the 'new country'. "This (the quilt) is..."

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