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[ 6DG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Diana Garder  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The cottage it was used in is part of a cabin group of "depression architecture" holiday cabins in the Royal National Park, which have been classified by the National Trust and entered on the Register of the National..."

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[ 14JHS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian
Owner: Junee & District Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "The quilt was made by Lucy Gallagher in the 1950s at "Eringorrah", a large country property near Wagga Wagga NSW. Lucy donated it to the Junee & District Historical Society. Lucy made many similar rugs that she called..."

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[ 46DT ] Quilt Style: Pieced Animal skins, Exotic Animals
Owner: Doug Tremble  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "I trapped the rabbits - foxes and my late wife had them tanned and sewed them up herself. She had the skins tanned in Sydney. I think the tannery was in Newtown Sydney. It is still used on my bed in the winter and in the summer is..."

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[ 47TS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Suffolk Puff
Owner: Teona Smith  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Made in approx 1965 by Amy Joan Baker who at that time lived on a farm at 'Windowie', Gilmore Via Tumut. Mostly cotton but any kind of material went into it. Just needed to be fairly soft. There is no patchwork material, it is all..."

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[ 49EB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga
Owner: Elsie Bennett  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Â... around 1952 I made one [Wagga rug] from wheat bags and made a cover of patchwork pieces from frocks I had made for my daughter or worn out pillow slips or other items. The patchwork is not in patterns but whatever shape suited..."

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[ 50GPM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Made by the donor, then around 9 or 10 years old, with her mother, Mrs Ellen McRae, of 'Sunrise', Tabbita, in 1941 or 1942. One was also made for each of Josie's 4 brothers (7 children in the family). In 1939 the family's house was..."

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[ 51GPM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The rugs were made by Lorraine's mother, Mrs Edna Richards, nee Holland, around the 1950s when the family were farming at 'Holmelands', Merriwagga. Mrs Richards, now 83 years old, was born in my old home territory of Grenfell. She..."

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[ 52GPM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1940 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The rugs were made by Lorraine's mother, Mrs Edna Richards, nee Holland, around the 1950s when the family were farming at 'Holmelands', Merriwagga. Mrs Richards, now 83 years old, was born in my old home territory of Grenfell. She..."

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[ 59MC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Mare Carter  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "VINTAGE QUILTS 1898-1938 These quilts were made by my grandmother, Eva Leota Towe. Her maiden name was Tussey and she came from Missouri, U.S.A. In early 1900 grandmother moved to Washington State and later to Southern..."

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[ 60MC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Mare Carter  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "VINTAGE QUILTS 1898-1938 These quilts were made by my grandmother, Eva Leota Towe. Her maiden name was Tussey and she came from Missouri, U.S.A. In early 1900 grandmother moved to Washington State and later to Southern..."

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