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[ 980NGA ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Pictorial, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: National Gallery of Australia  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA TAS -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: " Members of the Hampson family, who lived at 'Fern Bank' near Westbury in northern Tasmania, made this quilt. John and Mary Hampson settled in the area in 1865 and had seven children. As the dates on the quilt show it was made..."

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72.

[ 1000GB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin
Owner: Giuliana Bond  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Kim's Cot Quilt. My eldest son Kim was born in November 1959 and my grandmother Leonilde Palandri nee Vignaroli presented me with this quilt when Kim was three weeks old. She must therefore have constructed the quilt in the few..."

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[ 1044JW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Julie White  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Maker was born in Kassel, Germany on 26.2.1903 into a well-to-do family. Her husband, German by descent but born in Victoria, met her in Germany. After their marriage they came to Australia where they owned Marloo Station in the..."

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[ 1046DH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Diane Kern Hamilton  -  Country/Place Created: USA Montana -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Maker Elva Mae White was born approx 1880 and was married in 1901. For their honeymoon in 1902 Elva and her husband went with her husband's parents to Yellowstone National Park. They travelled in a covered wagon and a buggy and may..."

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[ 1100JC ] Quilt Style: Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Juliet Cook  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "In 1960 we bought a farm at Neville, NSW, about 35kms out of Blayney. It snows in the winter. I had 4 children and hardly any money. My grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Davidson, (my mother's mother) sent me 2 Wagga rugs. She had re-covered..."

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76.

[ 1114JH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Jan Hanslow  -  Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: "Grace Nicholas was born in Lelant, Cornwall on 20.2.1834. After her father died in 1849, her mother lost possession of the family farm (it passed to another male member of the Nicholas family). Her mother Mary Nicholas (nee..."

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77.

[ 1116YG ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Yiota Grigorakis  -  Country/Place Created: GREECE -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Yiota's Paploma. Yiota's beautiful paploma (quilt) made in 1932, was handed down to her from her mother. It was part of Georgia's prika, the dowry which every Greek girl has when she marries. Georgia's mother, Vasiliki..."

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78.

[ 1188WQ ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Domestic Wagga
Owner: WAQA  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA West Swan -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Jane Murray was born 17th January 1877 at Haggerson, Parish of Ancroft, Northumberland, England, the 2nd daughter of Elizabeth and George Murray. Following the death of their mother Elizabeth 29.5 1897, Jane, together with her elder..."

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79.

[ 1189WQ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: WAQA  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA West Swan -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Jane Murray was born 17th January 1877 at Haggerson, Parish of Ancroft, Northumberland, England, the 2nd daughter of Elizabeth and George Murray. Following the death of their mother Elizabeth 29.5 1897, Jane, together with her elder..."

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[ 1190WQ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: WAQA  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA West Swan -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Jane Murray was born 17th January 1877 at Haggerson, Parish of Ancroft, Northumberland, England, the 2nd daughter of Elizabeth and George Murray. Following the death of their mother Elizabeth 29.5 1897, Jane, together with her elder..."

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