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Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch
Shirt
Long sleeve khaki coloured shirt with two button down breast pockets, two plain khaki epaulettes on either shoulder fastened with a brown coloured plastic button. Six buttons fasten the shirt down the centre front. Patch on left and right shoulders depicts three downward pointing chevrons in brown and white embroidery thread. Sleeves are fastened with two plastic buttons on each arm. Manufacturer's label on interior back of neck.Manufacturer's label on interior back of neck reads "CLASS-8405/66-027-2495/ARMY No/NAME"dress uniform, australian defence force, shirt -
Bendigo Military Museum
Badge - ACTIVE SERVICE, RISING SUN, DUTY DONE BADGES, Stokes and Sons, 1) post 1914, .2) post WW1, .3) pre 21.7.20
John Killeen No 1323 4th L.H Regt. Refer Cat No 2824 for his service history. .1) Badge, Rising Sun lapel, blackened brass with two lugs on rear with pin. .2) Badge, Returned from Active Service, crown at top, circular centre with Rising Sun and letters AIF under. .3) Badge, “Duty Bravely done - Returned” Top has a soldier standing in front of a Rising Sun, under is a wreath surrounding a plaque with a light and dark blue colour patch presenting 4th L.H Regt..2) “Returned from Active Service-Issued by Dept of Defence” .3) On rear “Presented to Pte J Killeen by the residents of Korong Vale and District on his return from the Great War 1914-19-21.7.20”membership, badges, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - VARIOUS AWARDS, CHEVRONS, EMPIRE WOUNDED AND PATCH, C. WW1 and post WW1
PBT No 21Collection of 5 badges mounted on purple velvet with metal reinforced corners. 1. Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Badge. 2. Purple/red felt 38th Battalion colour patch. 3. Chevron stripes 3 x blue stripes - Overseas Service, 1 x red stripe for 1914 enlistment. 4. Gold metal Empire Wounded stripe. 5. Gold metal Returned from Active Service Badge. "The Wounded Stripe No 4", stamped on backing of Wounded Stripenumismatics-badges-military, uniforms - badges, passchendaele barracks trust -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - HANDBOOK, BOSNIA COUNTRY, USA Dept of Defence, Peace Stabilisation Force (SFOR), Feb 1991
Item in the collection re Craig Triffett. Refer Cat No. 5997.5 for his service details.This is a thick pocket size handbook. White cardboard cover. The title on front cover is in black ink - “Bosnia Country Handbook". On the left centre is the circular crest of the USA Dept of Defense (sic). On the right side is a shield shape, with the letters SFOR printed in black ink on white and on the right side of the shield is cryllic =COOP. Black ink on blue. Inside are numerous chapters of text, photos of weapon and aircraft. Flags of various nations' and unit patches.bosnian war, handbook -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Book, McKenzie Day Book, Early 1900s
This is a 1918 Day Book listing some employees/contractors and the day-to-day tasks undertaken by them. There is a separate page for each employee. The book lists such tasks as ‘carting from the Quarry’, ‘tarring Raglan Parade’, ‘tarring at the Gardens’, ‘screening Liebig Street’, ‘working at the Ladies’ Baths’ and ‘general patching’. The names of the employees/contractors include Niven, Thompson, Jewell, Walters, Mooney, Rodgers, Williams, Dunne and Gee. The name ‘McKenzie’ on the first page is the only clue to the identity of the employer/overseer and so far his identity has not been established. The jobs listed suggest that he was either an employee of the Warrnambool Council in the Public Works area or a contractor hired to do the same sort of work. This note book is of great interest as it lists workers and the jobs covered by them in 1918 in Warrnambool and it will be of greater significance when the identity of McKenzie is established.This is a note book with ruled blue and red lines. The cover is black and is a little torn and scuffed. There are some loose pages. The entries in the book are handwritten, mostly in black ink. ‘McKenzie Day Book November 4th 1918’history of warrnambool, mckenzie contractor, mckenzie warrnambool -
Bendigo Military Museum
Booklet - Memories of 2 Australian Field Survey Company 1940-1944 by LtCol HPG Clews, HPG Clews, 23 Sep 1966
1. This story of 2 Australian Survey Company is not intended to be an official history or even a complete unofficial history, but it is a very warm human document that will be read with interest by all members of the Royal Australian Survey Corps. The history is written by Lieutenant Colonel H.P.G. Clews and the foreward was written by Colonel D. Macdonald Director of Military Survey 23 Sep 1966. Clews is renowned for his work surveying for the construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme. A scan of the complete booklet is available on the RASvy website. 3. Photograph of Survey Corps officers in the early days for WWII. Left to right, TA Vance (Director of Survey Corps), TP Keig, OGF Ward and HPG Clews..1 Cream coloured A5 booklet with Australian Survey Corps colour patch, 48 pages black and white photos and diagrams, folded pages and stapled. .2 Synopsis, (Index) containing "The buildup and operation of the Company", "The break-up of the Company" and Appendices. 2 Australian Field Survey Company .3 A group of Australian Survey Corps Officers in the early days of WWII. Left to Right TA Vance (Director), TP Keig, OGF Ward and HPG Clewsroyal australian survey corps, rasvy, fortuna, army survey regiment, army svy regt, asr -
Bendigo Military Museum
Postcard - POSTCARD, PHOTOGRAPHIC - GROUP PORTRAIT, Australian Army, 1914-1918
This is a black and white group portrait of ten Australian soldiers. They are in tent lines. They are in uniform, casually dressed with only one soldier wearing a hat, that is the neat and tidy young officer in centre rear, A Lewis MMG is on its bipod on the ground in front of this group. In the tent lines, in the background, another officer can be seen talking to someone in a tent. The soldier on the right is holding a set of bagpipes in the " ready" position. The unit of the soldiers has a vertical rectangular colour patch.Faintly on the rear side can be seen the name " Gath".ww1, lewis gun -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM - WW2 AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE, 1939-1945
AWAS uniform belonging to Cpl Irene Driscoll Items were put together to show an Australian Women’s Army Service Uniform. A hat belonging to Mrs M Crowley (Cat No 1268) is part of the display..1 Shirt, polyester, light khaki, long sleeves with Corporal stripes on each arm .2 Tie, khaki. .3 Skirt, Service Dress, khaki, winter. .4 Jacket, Service Dress, khaki, winter, 2 x Rising Sun lapel badges, 2 x “AWAS” shoulder badges, 2 x Corporal Stripes on right sleeve, 2 x colour patches, rectangular blue & white with purple surround, metal buttons..1) “A.G.C.F Vic 1982 size 40/81” .3) “V.83 made in AUSTRALIA 1942” .4) “N 381 made in AUSTRALIA 1942, size 10”ausraliam womens army service, uniforms - army -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Artwork, other - Engraving / Illustation, n.d
Illustration. Taken and cut from a book. Rectangular bordered image. Black and white. Cream coloured paper. View of Portland Victoria from Observatory Hill. A man in a waistcoat and a hat with dogs stands in the foreground on the edge of a large rising to the left of the image. a body of water snakes through the centre with a large patch of trees behind. In the distance a large cluster of dwelling of various sizes and shapes are visible to the right of the image. Printed underneath GENERAL VIEW OF PORTLAND. Front: 'GENERAL VIEW OF PORTLAND' - printed, lower frame.city of portland -
Wangaratta Art Gallery
Textile, John Parkes, Conflagration, 2017
John Parkes avoids technology. This work expects the viewer to understand the importance of the hand and time… The blanket and the apron were gifted by friends in Germany. The apron was worn by Helen in her studio practice as a jeweller. The blanket was a find in the cellar of their Munich apartment. The red moleskin cloth was an OP shop find and originally a eucalyptic green. This cloth was discharged and overdyed. Cloth will often sit around the house, unattended, until ideas germinate. Is “Art” about “Art” or about the “Artist”?... There is a Buddhist notion of not writing in the first person, in that the Ego is not employed. There is a Japanese tradition “Boro” in which cloth is not discarded but repaired. These three cloths are now one.Wangaratta Art Gallery Collection - Winner WCTA 2017A square handsewn textile that features a white apron that has red running stitch squares, holes, hand paint stains across with initials in blue thread sewn in the bottom right corner of the apron which is in the center of the work. A brown wool cloth that features rows of white running stitches and red embroidery patches borders the apron, which is bordered by strips of red patterned fabric that has been dyed and features lines of red running stitches.wangaratta art gallery, textile, wcta, john parkes -
8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Uniform - Uniform Boer War (Replica), circa 2005
Well made replica uniform correct in detail, representative of the period and useful for display purposes.Khaki barathea cloth tunic; white piping to gauntlets on sleeve and edges of epaulets; silver braided epaulets with lieutenant's badges of rank; silver buttons, and red and white georgette patches. White cord aiguillette with silver tips. Medals: Victoria Cross and Queen's South Africa medal with three clasps: Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony. Replica uniform made to represent the uniform worn by Lieutenant Leslie Maygar VC in photograph at Catalogue No 1669.. boer war, uniform, tunic, medals, victoria cross, replicas, maygar -
National Wool Museum
Booklet - Australian Team Handbook, c. 1992
The Australian team handbook from the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games collected by Doug Pleasance from working at the Olympics.The booklet is ring bound The front cover of the booklet is used mainly to depict the title of the book. In the top right hand corner the Australian Flag is shown with the Olympic Rings underneath. This is all displayed over a white background. The back cover is used to advertised souvenirs for Australians to show their support. A collection of patches, hatpins and brooches are at the top of the cover, a list of the individual items in the centre of the page and an image of a man and a woman wearing Australian Barcelona '92 hats is at the bottom of the cover.1992 barcelona olympics, sport, athletes, programme, booklet -
Bendigo Military Museum
Book - BIOGRAPHY, WW1, Military Melbourne, "JACKA'S MOB", 1999
From the title page: "Jacka's Mob/ a narrative of the Great War/ by Edgar John Rule" Part of the "William (Bill) THOMASON" Collection. Refer Cat. No. 4136P for more items.Soft cover with dust cover. Cover - cardboard, black and yellow colour print on front, spine and back. Beige colour background. Front illustration - 14th Battalion Colour patch. Yellow over dark blue - horizontal. Book illustration - black and white photograph of timber grave crosses. Dust cover - paper. print, background and illustrations same as soft cover. 238 pages - cut, plain, white colour paper. Illustrated black and white photographs.publications, books, biographies, 14th battalion, ww1, william (bill) thomason collection -
Bendigo Military Museum
Award - MEDAL SET WW1, ID DISC, BADGE & RIBBONS, C. 1916 & post 1919
Walter Joseph Constantine Baldwin enlisted in the 1st reinforcements 38th Batt AIF on 11.3.16. Hospitalised with Mumps 13.12.16. He remained unscathed for the wars duration and was discharged from the AIF on 4.9.19. Refer 1526..1) Medal set, court mounted, set of (2) re W.J Baldwin. 1. War Medal 1914-1918. 2. Victory Medal 1914 - 19 .2) Set of ribbons for War and Victory Medals .3) 38th Infantry Social Club Life Member badge, gold colour with 38th Batt colour patch in centre. .4) ID disc, round metal, stamped "1617 W J Baldwin IRF 38 AI CE".1) (1 & 2) "1617 Dvr WJC Baldwin 38 Bn AIF" .3) Inscribed on back "W Baldwin 14/9/66"medals, military, history -
Federation University Historical Collection
Assemblage, National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) presentation to the Students of the Ballarat College of Advanced Education
The assemblage was presented to the students of Ballarat College of Advanced Education (BCAE) by a NASA astronaut. The Australian Flag and NASA Astronauts crew patch were flown aboard the Orbiter Atlantis, STS-36, 28 February to 4 March 1990. Astronaut Pierre Thout's first flight was as a mission specialist on the crew of STS-36 which launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 28, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. This mission carried Department of Defense payloads and a number of secondary payloads. Following 72 orbits of the Earth in 106 hours, the STS-36 mission concluded with a lakebed landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on March 4, 1990, after travelling 1.87 million miles. bcae, nasa, space, pierre thuot, creighton, caspar, mullane, hilmers -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Album, Lioness Club of Kew, Lioness Club of Kew Scrapbook, 1982-1987
The biographical profiles of members of the Lioness Club of Kew in the scrapbook include: Shirley Van Scoy, Marjorie Rogers, Lucy Weber, Prue Molnar, Joyce Ward, Thelma Battaini, Lois Baker, Ruth Finger, Norma Finley, Pam Rowe, Jan Watkins, Kathleen Holgate, Leby Stone, Lorna Patching, Dorothy Cameron, Glad Kenner, Edna Cartwright, Jean Franklin, Valerie Newbegin, Thelma Leech, Debbie Davis, June Jerrett, Edna Glover, Gloria Grey, Jessie Watson, Helen Joyce, Shirley Gates, Lynette Skues, Pam Dewar, Babe O'Neill, Liza McLaine, Sandra Murphy, Gretta Murphy, Marie McGonigal, Barbara Barker, Joy Bridgeland, Judy Dent, Margaret Allen.Kew has had a number of women's organisations of national significance. The Lioness Club of Kew was the first such organisation in Melbourne and its records are consequently of historic significance. The scrapbook has added social and spiritual significance as it provides a key resource for profiling often unknown women in women's community organisations during the 1980s in Kew and Victoria. The scrapbook was deposited with the Kew Historical Society for safekeeping. It is complete and comprehensive allowing for interpretation.A scrapbook, compiled by members of the Lioness Club of Kew containing photographs and typed profiles of members dating from 1982-7. The profiles were added at monthly intervals under a heading "Lioness of the Month". The scrapbook also contains some annual reports and president's reports. At the back of the scrapbook are two newspaper cuttings (The Free Press, March 19, 1980), profiling the new president, Mrs Helen Joyce, and the Club. The photographs taped into the inside of the front cover are identified as those that were reproduced in the publication 'Where Violets First Grew', the Lioness Club of Kew's partial history.lioness club of kew, women's groups -- kew (vic.), kew lionesses -
Queen Victoria Women's Centre
Re-purposed Quilt, Patsy Coverdale, The Century Bedspread, c.1975
Patsy Coverdale wrote on about the artwork which is found with the bedspread "This trousseau bedspread commemorates a century of our daily living, of four generations, a bedcover where many loves and lives have begun and ended. Once immaculate, its years of service, of blood, sweat and tears, have seen so many building washes that today's embroideries would shrink from. I rescued it, patched its tears and wears with needlework from ancestors and aunties to celebrate the International year of Women in 1975. It symbols include the IYW to the left, women's work and its rhythms and cycles, a pearl button for our pleasure centre. The male phallic symbol illustrates the organ's early development and its natural power with the energy of relativity behind it all."A quilt made for the centenary of the Hospital made for the International year of women 1975. Re-purposed from a quilt used at the hospital. Given to QVWC in 1997 for the grand opening. textile art, centenaries, hospitals -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM, OFFICERS WW2, Fuseweld, 1939-1945
Refer Thomas Henry Iser 383.2 for Service History. 14th Australian Armoured Regiment. 1. Officer Jacket - Khaki colour, cotton twill fabric with belt attached, Buttons - copper coloured metal and brass with "Australian Military Forces" stamped into face of button. Metal belt buckle. Unit colour patch - black, green and grey for 1/14th Australian Armoured Regiment. Brown sateen fabric lining. 2. Shirt with detachable collar, Khaki colour, cotton fabric, closed front, long sleeved. Maker's and owner's labels - back, top below collar.Maker's label, green and blue embroidery - "Fuseweld" / ??? Shirt/Champion/ 3". Owner's label, red embroidery "T.H. Iser" uniform, army, ww2 -
Bendigo Military Museum
Photograph - PORTRAIT OF A WW1 SOLDIER, Bartlett Brothers Photographer, c1918-1925
Oval shaped portrait of chest and head of a WW1 soldier. The photo is mounted on a cardboard backing. The soldier is hatless. He wears glasses. He is wearing a Sam Brown belt over his army uniform. He is wearing two ribbons that appear to be WW1 issue. On his left upper arm is part of a triangular shape colour patch. On his eppaulettes are the copper "Australia" badge. He has a small diameter lanyard over his left shoulder. No name on portrait.Nilww1, bendigo, portrait -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - UNIFORM 2ND AIF, C.1943 - 45
.1) & .2) The items were issued to Cpl H BACON VX103705 2nd AIF, Naval Bombardment Group..1) Hat, slouch, Kahki fur felt, cotton pugaree, Rising Sun badge, chin strap leather, leather lining. .2) Coat, Battle Dress, Kahki, Cpl stripes on one sleeve, 2 x Rising Sun Lapel badges, 2 x Australia shoulder badges, 2 x Colour patches red over blue in wave fashion with grey surround, metal buttons, 4 pockets. .3) Belt, webbing, light Kahki, brass buckles and keepers..1) “D & D ../30 size 7 1945” uniform, army, webbing, slouch hat -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Clothing - Cloak - Syd Cuffe, Town Crier, n.d
Syd Cuffe's Town crier's cloak. Navy blue homemade cloak with attached cape. Trimmed in gold braid, gold buttons with anchor design, gold chain at neck. Six cloth patches sewn to one side of the front of the cape - Nova Scotia Guild of Town criers, 11th World Town Criers Championship Maryborough QLD, Ontario Guild of Town Criers, American Guild of Town Criers, The honourable Guild of Town criers New Zealand, HAG - Atc Town Crier -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VIEWS OF BENIDGO: LOOKING EAST FROM ST.PAUL'S CHURCH, 1875 copy,1970
Sepia photo on a cream board. Shows houses viewed east from St.Pauls Church. Inscription: 'Views of Bendigo|No.41.'. Below, 'Scene taken from St. Paul's tower, looking Eastward.', 'N.J.Caire Photo, Sandhurst'. Bottom, 'Casey & Wenborn's Print Forbes & Holmes, Agents',' This view represents the locality of the Back Creek gold digging, and though at present almost deserted, was once a scene of activity, in consequence of the rich patches of alluvial ground it contained'. Nicholas CaireN.J.Caireplace, bendigo, view east from st.paul's church, see: 'views of bendigo' by n.j.caire, 'mp?' -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BILL ASHMAN COLLECTION: FOUR BUOY HOUSE UNIT
Black and white photo by Vincent Kelly. Typed on the back: Four Buoy house unit. Dish in picture is an old iron dish which has been used for fowls to drink out of. The photo speaks for it self. After a few weeks treatment by pouring in a dipper full of Scalebuoy Water daily the results of the process can be seen. Note the patches where the scale formations have been removed. The photographer's name - Vincent Kelly Bendigo is imprinted in the bottom left corner.sciences, instruments - general, scalebuoy, bill ashman collection - correspondence, four buoy house unit, vincent kelly -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Book, Riverbanker Child a Personal Life
The author grew up on the banks of the Goulburn river, where families lived in tents and shanties. His words and memories of growingt up as a Riverbanker in the 1940'sPart of the history of SheppartonSoft cover book, 52 pages, written by Alan H. Scott. White card cover front and back, Black pencil drawing on front of a tent with patches, a person in doorway, a dog . rear vover has a pencil drawing of a person leaning over a light. printing says Shepparton's Shanties, the Argus, Melbourne ,Vic 1848 -1954. Slum Boards Visit. 'Grievous Wrong being Done" plus other comments. The author has autographed page 1.Autographed by authorgoulburn river, shepparton -
Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum
Clothing - Fireman's Dress Jacket
Uniform worn by A. Perry, who was a Fireman in Tatura from 1959 to 1967 ( 8 years )Navy blue Pure wool, double breasted, 7 brass buttons, ( 2 on lapels ), brass hook each side at waistline for belt. Red patch at top of each arm embroidered with Tatura Urban Fire Brigade. White label inside with David Lock P/L Melbourne., NAME A. Perry, 8 739. Shoulders lined with navy cotton fabric. Buttons are brass with Country Fire Authority Victoria , Shield and Helmet embossed on them. One button is missing -
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Regimental Colour - 44th Battalion (The West Australian Rifles)
Presented by Lieutenant-General Sir JJ Talbot Hobbs, KCB, KCMG, VD, LLD at a parade held on the Esplanade, Perth, 22 October 1927. With the re-activation of the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) following the Second World War, the 11th/44th Infantry Battalion (The City of Perth Regiment) was raised as a linked battalion in 1948 to carry on the identity and traditions of the pre-war 11th and 44th Battalions respectively. The King's and Regimental Colours formerly held by these two battalions were passed on to the new battalion who paraded them in rotation on ceremonial occasions. Under major reorganisation of the CMF in 1960, all individual infantry battalions that existed at the time within each State were amalgamated to form State regiments, taking effect from 1 July 1960. Thus from that date the 11/44th, 16th and 28th Infantry Battalions were amalgamated to form The Royal Western Australia Regiment. In September 1960, at a ceremonial parade held at Northam Camp, the Colours carried by all former battalions were handed over for safe keeping by the new regiment. These former colours were subsequently laid up in the undercroft at the State War Memorial, King's Park on 29 November 1964. These were transferred to the Army Museum of WA in 1988 as part of the Bicentenary Colours Project. Dark green with gold fringes. In the centre the battalion colour patch of a white over blue oval within a circle inscribed "FORTY FOURTH INFANTRY", the whole within a wreath of Australian wattle and surmounted by the Imperial Crown. In the upper canton the Arabic numeral "44". The following battle honours are emblazoned on the Colour: SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, MESSINES 1917, YPRES 1917, BROODSEINDE, PASSCHENDAELE, SOMME 1918, ANCRE 1918, HAMEL, AMIENS, MONT ST QUENTIN, HINDENBURG LINE -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Ian Barkla, c1960
Black and white photo of W2 520 and a SW6? in Victoria St. Melbourne. Both trams are facing east. 520 has destination of Camberwell, route 7 and the SW? has destination of Toorak - Glenferrie Rd route 8. Both are fitted with advertisements: /////????. In background are parts of the Carlton United Brewery buildings and a State Savings Bank on the North west corner of Bourvie and Victoria Sts. Image is dark, and has a dark patch in centre of photograph, exposure or printing error. On Ilford paper.On rear in black biro "520 MMTB"trams, tramways, melbourne, victoria st , tram 520 & -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Ephemera - BENDIGO SYMPHONIC YOUTH BAND COLLECTION: VARIOUS STICKERS AND BADGES
Bag containing a collection of small items: one small cloth patch within a shield a bird and a lion with the words, Bonitas, Scientia and Disciplina. One plastic token: Strah pool, adult 276 79-80. Four tokens for Dance Bendigo. Twenty-four stickers Bendigo Dance Eisteddfod classical dancing 1st place 2003 and 2005 Two pages of postal address stickers: C. Holsworth, Bendigo Dance Eisteddfod, 13 Nabila Cres. Bendigo Vic. 3550.clubs, music, symphonic youth band -
Bendigo Military Museum
Uniform - ARMY JACKET - KHAKI - WOOLLEN, Ellinson Pty Ltd, 1. 1941. 2. 1981. 3. 1939-45
Jacket belongs to "DOHERTY Geoffrey" NX 73701. 2/6 Armoured Regiment Trousers - no name.1. Army Jacket, Khaki, woollen, 4 breast pockets. Four darkened metal buttons in centre. Rising Sun Badges on Collar - ACMF colour patch on shoulder, Tank unit. Gray felt backing, Sergeant's stripes. There are two holes on each epaulette for badge mounting. 2. Trousers, khaki woollen, these are NOT WW2. Long trousers, drab olive plastic buttons. 3. WW2 pattern belt webbing. It has been painted white - brass fittings.1. Inside is written “NX 7301 DOHERTY G” 2. Nil 3. “ABBOTT” written inside.uniform, ww2, army, passchendaele barracks trust -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Textile - Bedspread, patchwork, 1976
This patchwork quilt or bedspread is a modern creation along the lines of the traditional 1800s handmade English paper piecing patchwork quilting craft. It is made from reproduction fabric and quilt designs and represents the bed linen typical of a late 19th-century bedroom. Years ago, patchwork was a form of recycling, where leftover or previously used pieces of fabric were used to create other useful item such as quilts, rugs, cushion covers and jackets. Special projects were sometimes made with fabrics representing special memories, such as pieces from baby clothes, wedding gowns, and school uniforms. The maker would use a cardboard template shaped like a hexagon, place it onto the fabric and trace around it. Often the cardboard was cut from a box such as a cereal box. Women would gather to work on their patchwork while enjoying their social time together. As in the case of this quilt, members of the South Western Branch of the Embroiderers Guild in Warrnambool worked on the project, designing and quilting as a group to achieve their aim, of presenting the quilt to the recently opened Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum. It was the first Group Project of the Branch which was formed in 1974. In 1975 the members decided to make a Quilt as a project to promote the formation of friendship and togetherness. Under the foundation Treasurer, Rita Williams, members sourced their own fabrics for the 'flowers' which were then stitched into the calico borders. Provision was made for the quilt to be hung for display, with the addition of loops along one edge. The local disability services employees and members cut out octagonal paper batches and used their own fabrics to piece them together. The Branch's first exhibition raised funds for buying fabric and equipment to assemble the patchwork. The quilt was perfectly suited to dress the bed in the Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage. This carefully created and designed, recently made patchwork bedspread typifies bedding and handcraft of the late 19th century. The English paper patchwork technique was used. The quilt was the first community project of the South Western Branch of the Embroiderers' Guild of Victoria, and presented as an addition to the Lighthouse Keeper's Cottage tat Flagstaff Hill. Patchwork quilt or bedspread, double bed size, made from hundreds of hexagonal-shaped fabric of various colours and patterns, carefully stitched onto a white background. It was made using the English paper patchwork technique. One edge of the quilt has loops dispersed at regular intervals. This would allow the quit to be used as a wall hanging. It was handmade by the South Western Branch of The Embroiders Guild, Victoria, and presented to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village in 1976. An inscription is embroidered in blue on a patch of the quilt. "Made and Presented by The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria (S.W. Branch) 1976"flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, bedspread, patchwork quilt, quilt, embroiderers guild, bedding, bed linen, 1800's handcraft, quilting, south west branch, warrnambool embroiders guild, recycled fabric, 19th century, household textiles, english paper patchwork, paper patchwork technique