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[ 122BF ] Quilt Style: Pieced Animal skins, Exotic Animals
Owner: Bud and Patricia Ford  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Bud Ford recounted "We had some killers from Olive Campion of 'Oxford Downs' Columboola. They were such lovely skins that I had them tanned by an old one eyed bushman who had a recipe for tanning. I sewed them together and put..."

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[ 140NWM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Traditional Wagga
Owner: National Wool Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Mr. Perkins joined the police force in his early twenties and apart from an 18 month posting in Melbourne, spent the rest of his career serving communities in country Victoria. He was a keen fisherman and hunter; his first love was..."

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[ 164MC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Marion Coleman  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "I made it about 1956-7 when I was only a new wife and mother, living in Maffra away from my family & friends who we had left in Melbourne. In those years housing was impossible to obtain in Melbourne. & my new husband liked..."

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[ 255VP ] Quilt Style: Pieced Animal skins, Native Fauna
Owner: Vivienne Pfitzner  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The blocks are sewn together with a linen thread in an overcast stitch, some of which is coming undone, as the thread is becoming frail. We used the rug for many years, camping and picnics, and as a bed cover it is deliciously..."

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[ 350THS ] Quilt Style: Pieced Animal skins, Native Fauna
Owner: Tamworth Historical Society Inc  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "I believe my father Henry Edward Jeffries used this rug before his marriage in 1924 and by the crude stitching I would say he made it. He used it when he camped while building roads in the district up until 1934. He would often camp..."

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[ 375MR ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Traditional Wagga
Owner: Max Robertson  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Norman Robertson worked on properties in the Coolamon district of NSW and also at Pike's flour mill. One of his jobs was sewing up bags of wheat on farms. He made the Wagga Rug to use on beds in the sleepout of the Coolamon house..."

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[ 376MR ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga
Owner: Mary Robertson  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Mary Robertson made this domestic Wagga rug for their 2 boys to use when they went camping."

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[ 377MR ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Traditional Wagga
Owner: Mary and Max Robertson  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Max and Mary liked camping with their 3 children and used the Wagga rugs on the camp stretchers in the tent."

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[ 378MR ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Traditional Wagga
Owner: Mary and Max Robertson  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Max and Mary liked camping with their 3 children and used the Wagga rugs on the camp stretchers in the tent."

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[ 420VI ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle
Owner: Val Ireland  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " This Wagga was made for camping. We didn't have a car and we caught the train to the north or south coast (NSW) or wherever the fishing was good." [Val Ireland 14.1.98]

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