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National Wool Museum
Depot Stencil
This stencil was used as a depot identification stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Wool bales marked with C00 BOMBAY would have been transported to India by sea.Wool bale export stencil - C00 BOMBAY BALE NO.C00 BOMBAY BALE NO.wool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers -
National Wool Museum
Textile - Blanket, Godfrey Hirst, 1950s
Note from collector: Godfrey Hirst Diamond blankets from the mid-1950s are always delight to find. Some of these were found in the Geelong area but one came back with me from an op shop road trip around Tasmania, another from the St Pauls op shop in Romsey. I love this pattern and find the lemon and grey colourway particularly special. 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." Double-sized mint and cream diamond blanketAn All Wool Blanket" /By Godfrey Hirst of Geelong/100% Virgin Woolwool, blanket, blanket fever, godfrey hirst, diamond blanket -
National Wool Museum
Photograph, Andrew Chapman, Shearing time at Cooninbil Station, 2006
Shearing time at Cooninbil Station, NSW, 2006. The Ferrier Wool Press sits among penned sheep in an old woolshed. Invented and made in Geelong, the Ferrier wool press could be found in woolsheds all over Australia and around the world.A Green large wool press reaches towards the ceiling in the centre of the image. Rays of bright orange sunlight extend around the green wool press. Surrounding the wool press are numerous sheep. The sheep are penned within a large multileveled wooden woolshed.shearing, ferrier wool press, cooninbil station -
National Wool Museum
Stencil - LENINGRAD CARBONISED
This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. Wool bales marked LENINGRAD would have been transported to Russia by sea.Wool bale export stencil - LENINGRAD CARBONISEDLENINGRAD CARBONISEDwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers -
National Wool Museum
Yarn
Woollen crochet yarn produced by F.W. Hughes Pty Ltd, Sydney.'Twin-Prufe' crochet wool, produced by F.W. Hughes Pty Ltd, Sydney.Twin-Prufe / MOTH / PROOF / SHRINK / PROOF / CROCHET / WOOL / AN F.W. HUGHES Product ALL WOOL / GUARANTEED PERMANENTLY / MOTHPROOF / GUARANTEED SHRINKPROOF / IF WASHED AS A WOOLLEN / 2354 / F.W. HUGHES PTY. LTD. / SYDNEY - AUSTRALIAhandicrafts, textile mills, f.w. hughes pty ltd -
National Wool Museum
Stencil - PLASSY
This stencil was used as a ship identifier stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Plassy was a troopship in the Boer and then the Indian Garrison rotation run. During WWI the Plassy was converted into a Grand Fleet hospital ship serving in European waters. All wool bales stamped with PLASSY would be transported on the Plassy ship.Wool bale export stencil - PLASSYPLASSYwool transportation, wool export, wool sales -
National Wool Museum
Sheet, Instruction
"Tally Hi" crutching - Australian Wool Board."Tally Hi" crutching - Australian Wool Board.shearing animal health crutching, australian wool board, shearing, animal health, crutching -
National Wool Museum
Stencil - KATHLAMBA
This stencil was used as a ship identifier stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Kathlamba was a steel screw steamship owned by Ellerman Bucknall Steam Ship Company Limited and launched in 1913. It was built by W Gray & Co at Hartlepool, Britain. All wool bales stamped with KATHLAMBA would be transported on the Kathlamba ship.Wool bale exportation stencil - KATHLAMBAKATHLAMBAwool transportation, wool export -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Clothing - HANRO COLLECTION: SPENCER, 1950s - 1960s
Wool and nylon short sleeved spencer with V neck, finished with a wool/nylon braid stitched to the garment with a silky overlocked finish. Short sleeves with an overlocked ribbed band 2.6 cms wide at sleeve edge. A 7.5 cms ribbed band at the waistline.On ribbon at right hand side seam: Hanro 0S. 80% Wool/Nylon.costume, female underwear, spencer -
National Wool Museum
Photograph
Photo depicts a final year woolclassing class from the Gordon Institute in Geelong. They have prepared a display re: woolclassing for the visit of the Prince of Wales to Geelong in 1920. They are on the top floor of the Dennys Lascelles woolstore. The donor's father, Mr Cyril Cameron, can be seen in the photo at sixth from the right. Cyril Cameron (known as 'Cam') came from the family property 'Burnside' near Glenthompson in the Western District. He joined Strachan & Co. as an office boy in Aug. 1914 and then joined the 8th Battalion, 1st AIF in January 1915. He returned to Australia in early 1920 and started work at Strachan's again. He did the wool classing course (one year, evening?) at the Gordon in 1920-21. He became Head Wool Valuer at Strachan's in 1938 and retired in 1970. His office at Strachan's was on the top floor, directly overlooking what is now the entrance to the National Wool Museum (formerly Dennys Lascelles woolstore). He died in 1983. Interestingly, within the photo, can be seen a poster on the wall advertising the RSS or Diggers' Mill. The mill opened in 1922 but had been advertising for investors since the end of the war.Photograph, Gordon Technical College wool classing course, 1920. Wool classing display for the visit of the Prince of Wales at the Dennys Lascelles wool store.GEOFFREY S. WOOD, PHOTO, GEELONG Dennys Lascelles Show Floor 1920 / Visit of Prince of Waleswoolclassing royal visits, gordon technical college - woolclassing department, cameron, mr cyril, dennys lascelles wool store, woolclassing, royal visits -
National Wool Museum
Stencil - R CARN
This stencil was used as a property name for the transportation of wool bales.Wool bale export stencil - R CARNR CARNwool sales, wool transport, wool export -
National Wool Museum
Stencil
This stencil was used as a symbol stamp for the transportation of wool bales.Heart shaped wool bale export stencilwool - transportation, wool sales -
National Wool Museum
Stencil
This stencil was used as a symbol stamp for the transportation of wool bales.Diamond shaped wool bale export stencilwool - transportation, wool sales -
National Wool Museum
Stencil - INTERCO
This stencil was used to stamp wool bales before they were transported to another location. INTERCO is the shortened version of intercompany, a term used to describe activities that are conducted between two or more affiliates or business units of the same parent company. Wool bales marked INTERCO would have been bought by two or businesses. Wool bale export stencil - INTERCOINTERCOwool - transportation, wool sales, wool class, wool classers -
National Wool Museum
Stencil - LE VERDON
This stencil was used as a location stamp for the transportation of wool bales. Le Verdon-sur-Mer is a port city located in south-western France. Wool bales marked LE VERDON would have been transported to Le Verdon-sur-Mer by sea.Wool bale export stencil - LE VERDONLE VERDON -
Federation University Historical Collection
Object, Ballarat School of Mines Wool Doll
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Lara RSL Sub Branch
Uniform, Emerco Brand, Army Kahki wool Skirt, 30/8/1990
Khaki skirt from a Maori Service Uniform.White cloth tag on inside Emerco Brand C. Henshaw No..3275 30/8/1990 -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Clothing - Gaiters, Woven Wool, Leather & Metal Gaiters, Twentieth Century
Pair of knee-high tweed woollen gaiters with attached leather straps and metal buckles to tie around each footcostume accessories - gaiters -
National Wool Museum
Prospectus, The Gordon Institute of Technology, Geelong Victoria, Prospectus, School of Wool
B.F. Eganwoolclassing education wool - history, cowey, mr gordon - gordon institute of tafe, wool department, woolclassing, education, wool - history -
Port Fairy Historical Society Museum and Archives
Photograph, TSS Coramba with record wool cargo
Owned by the Belfast & Koroit Steamship Co. Used primarily for shipping freight between Port Fairy and Melbourne, the Coramba was lost off Phillip Island during a storm on 30th November 1934. Her location was not discovered until 29th May 2011B&W photographship, boat, sea, river -
National Wool Museum
Book, Dyestuffs for Wool
Part of collection of books concerning the textile industry from the 1930s to the 1950s.dyeing -
National Wool Museum
Newspaper Clipping, Wool-Selling Celebrity
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Malmsbury Historical Society
Photograph (Item), "Floral Arrangment, H/Made Wool Lace, Ruby Glass", Malmsbury ca1990
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National Wool Museum
Journal, Wool review 1971-1972
Donated by Mr Leslie Rourke.W E Bakkerwool brokering wool sales textile mills textile mills, national council of wool selling brokers of australia, wool brokering, wool sales, textile mills -
National Wool Museum
Poster, Wool Week, 1999
The scarf in the photograph was made by participants of the Children of the World Longest Hand Knitted Scarf project coordinated by the Lara Primary School.knitting -
National Wool Museum
Journal, Wool review 1972-1973
Donated by Mr Leslie Rourke.W E Bakkerwool brokering wool sales textile mills textile mills, national council of wool selling brokers of australia, wool brokering, wool sales, textile mills -
National Wool Museum
Journal, Wool review 1973-1974
Donated by Mr Leslie Rourke.Mr W Bakkerwool brokering wool sales textile mills textile mills, national council of wool selling brokers of australia, wool brokering, wool sales, textile mills -
National Wool Museum
Journal, Wool review 1975-1976
Donated by Mr Leslie Rourke.wool brokering wool sales textile mills textile mills, national council of wool selling brokers of australia, wool brokering, wool sales, textile mills -
National Wool Museum
Journal, Wool review 1976-1977
Donated by Mr Leslie Rourke.WMBwool brokering wool sales textile mills textile mills, national council of wool selling brokers of australia, wool brokering, wool sales, textile mills -
National Wool Museum
Journal, Wool review 1977-1978
Donated by Mr Leslie Rourke.Mr Backerwool brokering wool sales textile mills textile mills, national council of wool selling brokers of australia, wool brokering, wool sales, textile mills