Australian Wool Testing Authority Newsletter, April 1986.Australian Wool Testing Authority Newsletter, April 1986.wool - testing, australian wool testing authority ltd

Aqua coloured, wool lace, long evening gown.Aqua coloured, wool lace, long evening gownHaffenden / LONDONfashion, textile mills, lace

This stencil was used as a symbol stamp for the transportation of wool bales.Mitsubishi logo shaped wool bale export stencilwool - transportation, wool sales

"Dennys, Lascelles Limited Annual Wool Report August, 1953"2 copies. Cream paperback stapled booklet entitled "Dennys Lascelles Annual Wool Report August, 1953" including advice and information for wool growers.15p.wool brokering, wool growing, dennys, lascelles limited

"Dennys, Lascelles Limited Annual Wool Report August 1959"Three copies. Red paperback stapled booklet entitled "Dennys Lascelles Annual Wool Report August, 1959" including advice and information for wool growers. 20p.390.2 - Wording: E H Searle; Method: handwritten; Location: on coverwool brokering, wool growing, dennys, lascelles limited

This stencil was used as a sheep station identification stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Coliban Park is a homestead located in Elphinstone, Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria. The wool bale marked COLIBAN PARK Z would have been produced at Coliban Park.Wool bale export stencil - COLIBAN PARK ZCOLIBAN PARK Zwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a ship identifier stamp for the transportation of wool bales. SS Runic was the largest refrigerated cargo liner during its time. In 1961 the ship struck the Middleton Reef on route from Brisbane to Auckland. The ship was unable to re-float due to weather conditions and was declared a constructive loss. All wool bales stamped with RUNIC would be transported on the SS Runic ship.Wool bale export stencil - RUNICRUNICwool transportation, wool export, wool sales

Part of collection of Rose & Valentine series of Postcards - copies by John Jansson 1984Black & White Postcard - Copy. Wool team of two wagons on narrow tree lined road.Phillip Island Wool team on road to Cowes - over printed "A Happy New Year"local history, photography, photographs, postcards, views phillip island, wool team, cowes, wagons, phillip island

Black and white copy of original photograph of two men on top of a wagon load of wool driving a team of four horses."Knights wool to Railhead Linton Sam knight driving with Jack Francis".sam knight, jack francis, wool, horses

Wool sample book, creator and origins unknown.Dark green cloth bound book, horizontally oriented, containing wool samples and text. Dark green cloth bound book, horizontally oriented, containing wool samples and text.wool industry education, wool industry, education

"Dennys, Lascelles Limited Annual Wool Report August, 1952"Two copies. Grey paperback stapled booklet entitled "Dennys, Lascelles Limited Annual Wool Report August, 1952" including advice & information for wool growers. 15p.wool brokering, wool growing, dennys, lascelles limited

"Dennys, Lascelles Limited Annual Wool Report August 1960"Three copies. Orange paperback stapled booklet entitled "Dennys, Lascelles Limited Annual Wool Report August, 1960" including advice and information for wool growers. 22p.wool brokering, wool growing, dennys, lascelles limited

This stencil was used as a ship identifier stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Euripides was a transport ship summoned by the Australian government in 1914 to carry soldiers of the Australian Imperial Force and reinforcements to battalions serving in Gallipoli, Egypt, and on the Western Front. The ship continued to carry troops until 1919. During the Second World War Euripides was again summoned by the Australian Government under its new name ‘Akaroa’. The ship retired and broken up in 1954. Wool bales marked EURIPIDES would have been transported on the Euripides ship.Wool bale stencil - EURIPIDESEURIPIDESwool sales, wool transportation, wwi, wwii

Made from wool sold atThe Geelong Wool Exchange which had just returned to the National Wool Centre (currently the home of the National Wool Museum, formely Dennys Lascells) on Tuesday 13th of October 1987. Lempriere (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. was the buyer of the first bale of wool who also previously brought the first bale of wool at the first wool auctions in Geelong in 1858. The wool was turned into fabric by CSRIO and Foster Valley.Black cardboard backing with Navy Blue cloth sample glued ontop. Wool sample is stapled to the Navy cloth and black cardboard. Contains Nationa Wool Museum logo on lefthand side 1.5 meter navy blue length of cloth same as the sampled glued to the cardboard is included.NATIONAL/ WOO/ MUSEUM Left hand side of display card

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." Advertisement, Castlemaine pure virgin wool blankets (mother and daughter)"-and they'll be just as lovely 20 years from now/Castlemaine pure virgin wool blankets/Australia's finest since 1875wool, blankets, blanket fever, advertisement, australian women's weekly, castlemaine

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 with a wool bale on a trolley.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W8 / W8. Wheeling away for despatch.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

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 weighing wool in a basket.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W3 / W3. Weighing loose Fleece.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

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 spinning machine with spools of wool.W36 / Woollen Spinningwool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

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 wool moving through machinery.AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL PUBLICITY / ASSOCIATION / FLINDERS STREET RAILWAY BUILDING, / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA / W11 / W11. From Scourer to Dryer.wool industry, working life, women, boonoke station, farming, sheep farming, agriculture, sheep stations, transport, wool processing, shearing, textile industry, wool

Long coffee coloured wool lace evening gown with long sleeves and short train. According to the donor (see correspondence in supp. file), this gown was made from Australian wool woven in Bradford and made up in Paris. It was given to the Melbourne Legacy Wives Association by Mr Ken Clarke (former head of the Wool Board and a Legatee) for use in a parade of garments by the Legacy Wives Association.Long coffee coloured wool lace evening gown with long sleeves and short train. Bodice of long coffee coloured wool lace evening gown with long sleeves and short train.fashion, lace

Photograph was owned by Mr Harry Harradence who worked for Australian Estates wool brokers (Sunshine Road, Tottenham) between 1944-88. This photo dates from the 1960s and depicts open wool bales being inspected and checked within the Australian Estates wool store.Photograph of the interior of the Australian Estates Co. Ltd wool store, c.1960s.wool brokering woolclassing, australian estates company ltd, wool brokering, woolclassing

Photograph was owned by Mr Harry Harradence who worked for Australian Estates wool brokers (Sunshine Road, Tottenham) between 1944-88. This photo dates from the 1960s and depicts open wool bales being inspected and checked within the Australian Estates wool store.Photograph of the interior of the Australian Estates Co. Ltd wool store, c.1960s.wool brokering woolclassing, australian estates company ltd, wool brokering, woolclassing

This stencil was used to stamp wool bales before they were transported to another location. The meaning of P'SSA MARIA is unknown. Wool bale export stencil - P'SSA MARIAP'SSA MARIAwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers

This stencil was used as a symbol stamp for the transportation of wool bales.Five point star shaped wool bale export stencilwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a symbol stamp for the transportation of wool bales.Six point star shaped wool bale export stencilwool - transportation, wool sales

This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Via was used when the bale was travelling through or stopping at a place before its final destination.Wool bale export stencil - VIAVIAwool exportation, wool selling