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[ 45JM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Jeanette Marchant  -  Country/Place Created: Unknown -  Date: Unknown
Quilt History: "The person from whom Jeanette Marchant bought the quilt was not the original owner but said it had come from the Barossa Valley Jeanette said the quilt is quite similar to the Elizabeth Macarthur quilt."

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[ 514DG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Military
Owner: Dianne Gorringe  -  Country/Place Created: Unknown -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Quilt History: "The quilt was made in about 1900 to 1905 by Millist Vincent thought to have been a batman to Lord Kitchener in the Boer war. It was handed down to 1. Mrs. Millicent Driscoll daughter of Millist Vincent 2. Mrs.Dorothy Hammond..."

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[ 526DT ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Di Tement  -  Country/Place Created: Unknown -  Date: Unknown
Quilt History: "This runner is part of the 'Adam Tement Collection'. Adam Tement 1962-1990 lived in Launceston and was a serious collector of Australian pottery of which he had a very fine national collection. He later "fell in love with..."

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[ 527DT ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random
Owner: Di Tement  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA TAS -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Quilt History: "This quilt is known as 'The Devonport Quilt' and is part of the 'Adam Tement Collection'. Adam Tement 1962-1990 lived in Launceston and was a serious collector of Australian pottery of which he had a very fine national collection. ..."

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[ 528DT ] Quilt Style: Pieced Animal skins, Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Mosaic, Square, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Di Tement  -  Country/Place Created: Unknown -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Quilt History: "This buggy rug is part of the 'Adam Tement Collection'. Adam Tement 1962-1990 lived in Launceston and was a serious collector of Australian pottery of which he had a very fine national collection. He later "fell in love with..."

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[ 584NP ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle
Owner: Nini Priestely  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Lucy Lillian Cock was born at Baringhup in April, 1908, horse and buggy days. Family moved to Camberwell then to William Street, Brighton near 'Castlefield', a grand home and property owned by her grandfather. She attended 'Firbank'..."

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[ 664BHM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Bundaberg & District Historical & Museum Soc. Inc.  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "In tradition of Friendship Quilts, small squares posted to favourite actors, authors, sportsmen and other famous people. Many of them returned autographed signatures written in ink which were then embroidered in stem stitch. ..."

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[ 665DC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Diana Cameron  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Diana Cameron's grandmother, Jane Cobbold, was born in England and came to Australia as William Cain's bride c.1875. 'Yarra House' in Anderson Street, South Yarra was built by William Cain who was mayor of Melbourne (before it was a..."

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[ 678JR ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Julene Robbins  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Councillor Ronald Gleghorn was a past mayor of Box Hill. The house was the original one he and his wife built in the 1920s and all the furniture was of that period. The quilt was stored with old linen but its precise history is not..."

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[ 882NTNW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: National Trust of Australia (NSW)  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA -  Date: pre 1850
Story of Quilt: "Lady Fitzroy was the wife of Sir Charles Fitzroy , the Governor appointed to the colony between 1845 and 1855. She was killed in a carriage accident at old Government House Parramatta in 1847."

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