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[ 55GPM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: ITALY -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Recently Pioneer Park acquired an item of particular interest Â... It was a handmade quilt from Italy donated by Maria Zilliotto in the name of her mother, Mrs Angela Zilliotto... [who] Â... died in 1958. As far as Maria knows, her..."

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[ 80RB ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga
Owner: Rosemary Blake  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Mrs. Edith Perrott, born Bartholomew, (1879 - 1970) of Tumbarumba NSW made this quilt for her son Glen and his wife Peggy when they were married in Tumbarumba in 1943. It is similar in construction to a smaller one made 2 years..."

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[ 125BF ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Bud and Patricia Ford  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Bush blankets such as this one were usually coloured stripes on a dark grey base. They were inclined to be rough and probably made from low grade wool possibly either by Morris Mills of Ipswich or Bendigo or Geelong Mills." [Bud..."

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[ 129NWM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: National Wool Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Mrs. Noll was 69 when she made this quilt as a wedding gift for Mr. Joe and Mrs. Ida (aka 'Ike') Fulwood. Mrs. Noll was Ike's maternal grandmother."

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[ 208NGV ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random
Owner: National Gallery of Victoria  -  Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD England -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Quilt History: "Maker unknown. The quilt was made between 1885 - 1889 as a wedding present for Miss Olley's mother, by a lady who travelled back and forth to England, and worked the patchwork on the ship. Donated to the National Gallery of Victoria..."

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[ 217MSR ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Tumbling Block
Owner: Upper Murray Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: WALES -  Date: pre 1850
Story of Quilt: "Harriet Dixie made the quilt in Treventy, Wales, c. 1820. In 1831 she married John Waters, and had four sons, Thomas Beaumont, Alexander Dixie, Edward and John. After John Waters died Harriet remarried. The children, not liking their..."

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[ 225NTA ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: National Trust of Australia (SA)  -  Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD England -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: "Mr Young Bingham Hutchinson came to South Australia in 1836 aboard the ship Buffalo. Mr Hutchinson was involved in exploration in the area south of Adelaide in 1837 in company with Strangways and others. In 1852 he returned to..."

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[ 258MM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Migration Museum  -  Country/Place Created: ENGLAND -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Quilt History: "Made by the mother of Genette Burns c.1886 in England, for her dowry box. Re-backed at some later time in Queensland. Donated to the Migration Museum (SA)."

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[ 272EK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Effie Katianos  -  Country/Place Created: GREECE -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "Made by the owner's grandmother, her father's mother, for her glory chest, before 1949. Made in Amfisafokidos, Greece. Owned by Effie Katianos, who brought the quilt to Australia in 1956."

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[ 339JE ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Suffolk Puff
Owner: Joanne Evers  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "During WWI there was an influenza epidemic. My two sisters were ill and confined to bed. (Masks had to be worn by the public). I was not allowed near them but mother gave them a task to do, sewing little circles of white cotton..."

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