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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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[ 4FR ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued
Owner: Faye Rowles  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1851 - 1860
Story of Quilt: "The appliqué quilt top is unfinished, the maker died before she finished it. It has not been used."

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[ 5BG ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued
Owner: Betty Gray  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The completed top, most likely made from a kit, was given by a Mrs Laura Hart to members of the Canadian Women's Association who met regularly in Sydney in the 1930s and 1940s to socialise and do charity work. Mrs Hart's husband was a..."

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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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[ 14JHS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian
Owner: Junee & District Historical Society  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "The quilt was made by Lucy Gallagher in the 1950s at "Eringorrah", a large country property near Wagga Wagga NSW. Lucy donated it to the Junee & District Historical Society. Lucy made many similar rugs that she called..."

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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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[ 22DP ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Anita Phillips for Donald Phillips  -  Country/Place Created: WALES -  Date: Unknown
Quilt History: "The maker is unknown but is thought to have been a member of the present owner's great grandmother's family (Thomas) who came from Monmouthshike, South Wales. The quilt then passed to Beatrice Phillips (born Thomas) who died in 1974...."

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[ 50GPM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Made by the donor, then around 9 or 10 years old, with her mother, Mrs Ellen McRae, of 'Sunrise', Tabbita, in 1941 or 1942. One was also made for each of Josie's 4 brothers (7 children in the family). In 1939 the family's house was..."

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[ 51GPM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The rugs were made by Lorraine's mother, Mrs Edna Richards, nee Holland, around the 1950s when the family were farming at 'Holmelands', Merriwagga. Mrs Richards, now 83 years old, was born in my old home territory of Grenfell. She..."

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[ 52GPM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1940 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The rugs were made by Lorraine's mother, Mrs Edna Richards, nee Holland, around the 1950s when the family were farming at 'Holmelands', Merriwagga. Mrs Richards, now 83 years old, was born in my old home territory of Grenfell. She..."

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