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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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[ 12RHS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature, Typically Australian
Owner: Richmond River Historical Society Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Quilt History: "The quilt was made by members of the Methodist Church, c.1911, in the Richmond River district of northern New South Wales and used at the Methodist Parsonage, Dunoon NSW. It was donated to the Richmond River Historical Society Museum..."

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[ 20BHS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature
Owner: Berry & District Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1906
Story of Quilt: "Ida Lewers was unmarried and kept house for her brother Thomas Ross Lewers who was the doctor in Berry until his death, when she left the district. She took an active part in the social life of the town and was one of the founder..."

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[ 43JP ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Julie Pearce  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "My paternal great-Grandmother Â... was a keen sewer in her time and over 30 years ago made my sister and myself a functional quilt for our beds. She made them on her treadle machine and used fabric scraps that my mother had left over..."

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[ 44JP ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Julie Pearce  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "My paternal great-Grandmother Â... was a keen sewer in her time and over 30 years ago made my sister and myself a functional quilt for our beds. She made them on her treadle machine and used fabric scraps that my mother had left over..."

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[ 83BB ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Signature
Owner: Gilgandra Uniting Church  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "In the 1920's and 1930's it became fashionable in Gilgandra to raise money for worthy causes, by paying sixpence or one shilling to have one's name embroidered on a quilt. There are two such quilts in Gilgandra, one made by Mrs...."

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[ 153MR ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued
Owner: Mavis Roberts  -  Country/Place Created: ENGLAND -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: "Â... Aunt Annie was my Mother's real aunt and my great aunt, maybe a small portion of the family tree would help Annie & Ada were sisters Ada my mother's mother Mabel ..."

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[ 186RHS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Romsey/Lancefield & Districts Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "'There are 370 names of mainly local families embroidered on the quilt. Many of these families are no longer in the district, but a fair number still are still represented in the area." Newspaper report from The Lancefield..."

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[ 190CHS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random
Owner: Cobram Shire Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: Unknown -  Date: Unknown
Quilt History: "Maker unknown. Left at the door of the Red Cross Op Shop in Cobram, who gave it to the Cobram Shire Historical Society."

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[ 224NTA ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random
Owner: National Trust of Australia (SA)  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilt is log cabin pattern made approx 1954. The little community [Reedy Creek] had a Methodist Ladies Guild & would work all year & have a fete & sell their goods for their charity funds. The quilt was auctioned &..."

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