Norma Dessent (the donor) was cleaning out her Mother-in-law Amy Dessent’s home, after she passed away in 1995. She came across a collection of gunny sacks for chicken feed, potatoes, and flour. Norma gave the bags to her good friend Beryl Andersen, thinking she might be able to make use of the material in her quilting. Many years later in 2001, Beryl gave Norma this quilt made in a wagga style out of the bags. This was both a great surprise and a great delight for Norma. Amy Dessent was a housewife. Her chickens were her friends, keeping her company as she worked in her renowned garden and while she cooked and maintained a beautiful home. Typically, Amy would have a dozen chickens clucking around at a time. In the style of the time, everything was kept for a possible repurposing later in life, such as these gunny sacks. The Chicken Feed Wagga was created in Ballarat by Mrs Beryl Andersen. Beryl was the inaugural president of the Hamilton Quilters Guild and is a well-known quilter. Perhaps her best-known work was the “Quilt for Hope”, a living memorial for victims of institutional church-related sexual abuse. More information about this quilt can be found on the following link. https://www.nationalquiltregister.org.au/quilts/quilt-of-hope/). The wool blanket used as a backing belonged to Beryl’s mother. Beryl’s mother married in 1930 and the blanket is thought to have been a present from this wedding, making the blanket close to a century old. Norma donated the quilt to the National Wool Museum in 2021 as a result of downsizing. She no longer had room for the quilt to hang on her wall. Before downsizing, the quilt had hung in the entryway to her home for the last two decades.Wagga style quilt made with a appliqué top layer of gunny sacks that once held chicken feed, flour, and potatoes. The insulating internal material is not known. The backing fabric is made from a cream woollen blanket. The edges are bound with a material of a red and white plaid. The gunny sacks are quilted together with a machine stitch of red thread. The sacks contain imagery pertaining to their previous use. Some sacks have an image of a chicken applied with blue, red, or green ink. Other sacks contain imagery of potatoes. While other sacks contain information “Minimum Crude Protein 14%, Minimum Crude Fat 3%, Maximum Crude Fibre 7%”. One of the sacks shows a handwritten price for a bag of chicken feed in a red ink.Numerous. See multimediaquilts, wagga, gunny sacks, upcycle

Worn as part of the femal formal Winter Olympic uniform, 2002WOOLMARK MERINO SELECT PURE NEW WOOL WOOLMARK 100%MERINO WOOL DRY CLEAN ONLY WARM IRON MADE IN INDIA LIC. NO.: 5345AA97Wfashion, weaving, costume, sport, salt lake city

Part of the mens formal uniform for the 2002 winter OlympicsWOOLMARK MERINO SELECT PURE NEW WOOL WOOLMARK 100% MERINO WOOL DRY CLEAN ONLY WARM IRON MADE IN INDIA LIC. NO.: 5345AA97Wfashion, weaving, wool, costume, sport, salt lake city

Belonged to Edward and Dorothy Thompson who lived and used this item at 88 Bridge Street Northcote prior to this Flat 2 160 Lee Street Carlton North and prior to that 8 Gregory Street BrunswickWire box enclosing soap with wire handle for holding implement while shaking the soap around to create soap suds for washing dishesdomestic items, cleaning

Used by donors for polishing wooden and lino floor in the 1950s and 1960s in their home at 16 McDowall Street, Mitcham.Three brush 'Electrolux' floor Polisher/ Scrubber with polish container and three scrubber brushes, and a remotely operated polish container. It has a 'tee' shape handle which is adjustable in height to polish under tables etc. There is provision for attaching a polish container to the polisher. Flow of polish ie regulated by a chain attached to handle. Handle also has clips for holding the power cord when stored. Body of polisher is squat triangular- shape finished in red and gunmetal grey. There is a heavy rubber skirt surrounding the area where the brushes rotate.|Model B9 Serial CME 6005498 on plate at back.Electrolux Made in Australia - plate at front|Electrolux insignia on front|Plate at back gives power details and serial number.domestic items, cleaning

Metal container containing gun cleaning equipment. Round brushes x 2. Gun oil container. Length of aluminium linked chain. The rifle cleaning kit is for the Mauser K98 rifle. The K meaning " Karabiner ". The calibre is 7.92 x 57mm . This rifle was adopted on the 21st June 1935 as the standard rifle used by the Wehrmacht.

Kinfe to par (clean) a hores's hoovesWooden handled curved metal bladehores, carriges, farming, riding

The Hotel was delicensed 3.5.1975. Building still standing and occupied as a private residence 2017.Sepia coloured photograph of the Carrier Arms Hotel, SpringhurstSigns on awnings on front of hotel: "Cool Clean Beer. Carriers Arms Hotel. Cool clean beer. Try for yourself. For a good meal." At top on front of building: "Carriers Arms Hotel. Est. 1875" Written at bottom of photo: "Carriers Arms Hotel Springhurst. Delicensed 1975" Written on back of photo: "de-licenced 3.5.1975" "Carriers Arms Hotel Springhurst"carriers arms hotel, hotels, pubs, springhurst

This photograph shows the pre-heater on the left and the furnace on the right. After clean up of stamper table, amalgam is placed in a retort, then placed in the furnace where mercury is condensed and runs down the small pipe into an enamel bucket and can be reused. This is one of a series of photographs of the Rutherglen Gold Battery. The battery's purpose was to crush quartz from nearby quartz reefs and extract gold from within. The battery was erected in 1908 and consists of a five-head battery, Wilfrey table, Bergin pan, portable steam engine and shed. The battery was restored in 2011/12 and can be viewed daily between 9.00am and 5.00pm. See website for details.Colour photograph of the interior of a room with corrugated iron walls, with a fireplace on the left and a furnace on the right.gold battery, gold processing

Possibly used in WWII or Vietnam campaigns?Khaki coloured tin of rifle cleaning oil.Shake well before using. P.O. No. (28.024) 44 - 40700.2

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Fullers Earth is powdered clay used as a cleaning agent amongst other things.Tin with lid. Paper labels adhered to lid and around body of tin. label on lid is white with Brown, beige and purple/blue printing. Label on body is white with gold and red/brown printing. Lid can be removed and reveals contents - white powder (Fullers earth).For Toilet For Nursery Fullers earth Extra Finely Levigated and Free from Gritfullers earth, clay, frank buckhurst