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[ 75HAS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Tumbling Block
Owner: Friends of the Hawkesbury Art Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: pre 1850
Story of Quilt: "Sophia M. Wilbow was born in 1829 at Pitt Town NSW to William Henry Payton and his wife Mary, nee Ward. Mary Payton died in 1837 aged 27 when Sophia, the eldest, was still a child. Sophia married Thomas Mitchell Wilbow in 1846 and..."

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[ 345TBM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Tongarra Bicentennial Museum  -  Country/Place Created: ENGLAND -  Date: pre 1850
Quilt History: "Made c.1830 in England by Sarah Thomas and used for her 10 children. The first was born in 1828, and the first three were born in England.. Owned by Sarah and then the Thomas Family. Now owned by the Tongarra Bicentennial Museum, NSW."

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[ 1063NTSA ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: National Trust of Australia (SA)  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Mary Perren (born Mary Honeychurch) was born in England in 1875 and married in Baldina SA in 1907. Her husband was a blacksmith and railway ganger and they had three children: Ed. Phillip b. 1908, Alick John b.1912 and Eva Alice..."

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[ 1090MP ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Marjorie Piper  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Mary Jane Piper had a family of 7 sons and 3 daughters. She did all the family sewing and invisible mending."

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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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[ 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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