A number of paddle steamers on the Murray River.wool, wool bail, murray river

Note from collector- "For more than 100 years blankets were made all over Australia in over 100 woollen mills. My aim, is to preserve 100 examples of these wonderful pieces of history. Ten years ago I started collecting the iconic Onkaparinga travel rugs, so that on movie nights at home there would be plenty to go around. Everyone had their favourite; even the cat had his own – a small red tartan one. Keeping an eye out for those travel rugs at op-shops and markets, collectable stores and bazaars, led to noticing vintage blankets. I'd never really thought about them before or paid much attention though of course I had grown up with them at my grandmother's. When I discovered my first Laconia cream blanket with blue stripes, my eyes just went gaga. Well that was it, I was hooked and since then over 500 blankets have passed through my hands. These common, everyday items, found in all households for so many decades, were traditional engagement gifts. Pairs were prized wedding presents turning into family heirlooms. They were fashionable dressers of beds, givers of warmth, bestowers of security and reliability. The comfort found in these objects resonates with almost all of us; we grew up with them ourselves or fondly recall them in a grandparent’s home. There is no modern replacement with the integrity of these old blankets, many of them now older than most of us. They are romantic, sensible, special, familiar, nostalgic and nothing else feels so appropriate in so many situations. No offense to the great Aussie doona, but from hippie to hipster, at a music festival, picnic, campsite or couch, a vintage blanket is something coveted by all. This industry that employed tens of thousands and must have been such a huge contributor to the economy is almost completely lost now. Blanket Fever is an ode to everything that came before: the land, the sheep, the shearers, the hands, the mills, the weavers, the designers, the distributors, the department stores. To the grandparents that gave them, the people that received them, the families that kept them; thank you. I’m passionate about my collection of Australian blankets manufactured in mostly Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania from the 1930s to the end of the 1960s. The collection has blankets from each of these four decades representing the styles and fashions of their time and includes dated advertisements which help determine the eras the blankets are from." Pure wool, cuddly and warm (boy asleep with lamb) New fashion colours…Old fashioned values…./Pure Wool quality for a lifetime of healthy warmth/Onkaparinga 100% Pure Wool Blankets/Best in Australia, Best in the World!blanket, blanket fever, wool, onkaparinga, advertisement, australian women's weekly

"Wool Selling Regulations and Conditions of Sale for Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide, Albury and Tasmanian Wool Markets, Sept. 1953"wool brokering wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales

Blank invoice for J. & F. O'Beirne.Text: " Phone 8 / Linton 195 / J. & F. O'BEIRNE / Wool and Skin Merchants / Established 1872. "j o'beirne, f o'beirne

"Wool Selling Regulations and Conditions of Sale for Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide, Albury, Portland and Tasmanian Wool Markets, August 1966"wool brokering wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales

Pages contain typewritten codes for use by the company's wool buyers."F Kanematsu & Co Ltd: Private code for wool" 1959GEELONG OFFICE 28th Jan '59 Book#13 Messrs F Kanematsu (Aust) Pty Ltd /Sydneywool sales wool sales - auction system textile mills textile mills, f kanematsu & co pty ltd, japan, wool sales, wool sales - auction system, textile mills

Receipt issued to Mrs. W. Grigg 20/10/1941.Text: " Phones - Linton Nos. 3 and 8. / LINTON / J. & F. O'BEIRNE / WOOL AND SKIN MERCHANTS. / Wool-scouring and Fellmongery Works at Breakwater, Geelong. / Distributing Agents for Thomas' Sheep Dip, Gold SeEal Motor Lubricating Oils. / Manufacturers of Neatsfoot Oil. "mrs. w. grigg, j. & f. o'beirne, linton

Bullock wagon carting "Eilyer" wool in November, 1903. Wagon carrying 72 bales or 13 tons of wool. Team is driven by J E Fry.wool, bullock team, 1903, eilyer,

One of fifty one photographs originally in a photo album found in the National Wool Museum’s office. The album was water damaged and the images were removed for conservation. The images follow the process of wool. Beginning in a sheep paddock and finishing as a folded fabric. It includes all the steps in between in this process, including shearing, transporting, selling, washing and the many different steps in the process of turning a single thread of wool into fabric.Black and white image showing a man standing in front of a truck loaded with wool bales. The bales are being transported from Boorowa to Sydney.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W40. Seventy bales of Wool going by motor vehicle from Boorowa to / Sydney.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

"The Bayeux Tapestry" - Dept of Education, International Wool Secretariat."The Bayeux Tapestry" - Dept of Education, International Wool Secretariat.ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION , INTERNATIONAL WOOL SRCRETARIAT, DORLAND HOUSE 18-20 REGENT STREET, LONDONwool marketing, international wool secretariat, dept of education