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

Undated, but others in the SS036 series are 1982.Catalogue card reads, "Kentucky Fried Chicken, Whitehorse Rd, East side."

Kentucky Fried Chicken opened its store in Plenty Road Bundoora in 1988.Digital copy of newspaper articlekentucky fried chicken, kfc bundoora, plenty road bundoora, local businesses, fast food

Advertisement for Chicken Fair of Watsonia Shopping Centre. Copied from a Diamond Valley Football League football record from 1972.Digital copy of advertisement from booklet.diamond valley football league, chicken fair, watsonia shopping centre

Photo taken by Marion Mitchell (nee Robinson) in 1985. The shop was often pranked by removing the "s" from rooster.

Negatives supplied by Marjorie North 1 July 1986 for Montmorency France albumRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 4 of 6 stripsKodak CP 100 5094ansell, bridge, diamond creek, eltham gallery, eltham lower park, eltham park tea room, eltham south, falkiner street, muir

With two young kids, I often find myself at Coburg Lake on a weekend, playing amongst the natural beauty of the park area, rugged embankments, local birdlife, and... ‘Bin Chicken Island’. Bin Chicken Island has become a running joke in the community, known for its wafting stench and as an environmental eyesore (never go to the park on a warm day with an easterly breeze). So much so that someone added a campground listing on the island to Google Maps. Whenever I drive past the lake, I always keep an eye out for disgruntled backpackers who have realised that the only camping to be had is by the Bin Chickens themselves. I am a local graphic designer who lives in Pascoe Vale and works in Brunswick. I head up the design studio, Atticus Design.10Press brings together a diverse group of creatives who were invited to make a new artwork inspired by the theme of ‘Moreland: its creative future, its past or other hidden stories’. Artists were invited to respond to the prompt ‘Moreland’, using only one or two colours. This body of work was created in 2022 during a significant time in local history, which saw Council’s name change from ‘Moreland’ to ‘Merri-bek’. The printed bellyband of the folio highlights this transition, with the word ‘Moreland’ crossed out and replaced with Woiwurrung language name ‘Merri-bek’. Commoners Press is a Coburg-based print studio that works with artists and designers in Australia and abroad on short run projects. Established by Jan Brueggemeier, Rob Eales and Neal Haslem in 2017, Commoners Press focus on projects that are community-centred, experimental and sustainable. Donated by Commoners Press Letterpress print

Ink and wash drawing of a chicken's head. Signed (L.l) 'Clifton' and dated (L.r) '1954'.cllifton pugh, drawing, ink wash, chicken, dunmoochin

The Grinton Collection. Life after 1919, feeding the chooks. Refer Cat No. 1280 for Jack Grintons service details.Photograph - Framed. Photograph - black and white photograph on paper depicting a woman holding a basket feeding chickens. In background - sheds and yard fencing. Frame - Timber, light varnish finish, Perspex front, cardboard backing." Group 6: Life after 1919". " M. Feeding the chickens".framed accessories, camera on the somme, ww1, 38th bn, grinton

Small monochrome photograph of birds, mainly chicken, on the deck of a shipWritten in pencil "12"food, fowl yard, chicken, ships, cooking

The Grinton Collection. Life after 1919. Bert Grinton DCM, Jacks brother carves roast dinner. Bert Grinton DCM refer Cat No 1320P for his service details. Refer Cat No.1280 for Jack Grintons service details. Photograph - Framed. Photograph - black and white photograph on paper depicting a dining room scene. Table with tablecloth, cutlery, china plates and bowls of food. Male person dressed formally - appears to be "carving a chicken". Sideboard in background. Frame - Timber, light varnish finish, Perspex front, cardboard backing." Group 6: Life after 1919". "D. Bert Grinton (carves chicken)".framed accessories, camera on the somme, ww1, 38th bn, grinton

Two ceramic egg cups, both chicken shaped with cup on back. Item 1 is yellow with a white cup, the chicken design achieved by molding, and has a larger cup. Item two is painted in different colours, and is slightly smaller.Item 2 has 'made in Japan' printed in blue on the underside.domestic items, food & drink consumption, egg, cup, food, kitchen, breakfast, chicken

These photograph, taken by The Advocate in 1991, were published as part of the newspaper’s ongoing column profiling local traders across the district. These photographs feature the St. Albans Chickens located at 324 Main Road East, St. Albans.The Sunshine Advocate’s feature on local traders was a modest yet well‑liked column that played a meaningful role in strengthening community identity. Through these regular profiles, the newspaper promoted local businesses and helped shape Sunshine’s understanding of its developing commercial district.7427.01 - St. Albans Chickens 324 Main Road East St. Albans 1991 Photographs (Advocate 359.2).JPG 7427.02 - St. Albans Chickens 324 Main Road East St. Albans 1991 Photographs (Advocate 359.2).JPGst. albans chickens, main road east, st. albans

Located in opportunity shop in Melbourne, where it was purchased for $2. The donor has considerable knowledge of chicken scratch embroidery (surface weaving on cross-stitch on gingham to emphasise colours). She considers this the best example of the art she has seen, with several very rare stitch combinations. It has been posted to experts overseas and in Australia for examination.Half apron in red and white gingham with chicken scratch embroidery and white rick-rack braid. Backed with white lawn.embroidery, handcraft, craft

Begun by Jack Hazeldene in 1930 with 200 chickens in Kangaroo Flat. Jack was killed in WW2 and his 13 year old brother took over the business. Avian flu caused the destruction of the whole flock but the business was rebuilt. It's Lockwood site was opened in the 1960's.Bendigo Advertiser '' The way we were'' from 2002. Humble beginnings: Hazeldene's chicken farm in High Street, Kangaroo Flat, September 1946. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were

White celluloid ticket with a metal 'prong' for display at a butchers. The sign writing has been undertaken by Keith Rash of Ballarat.Chicken Rolls 18csignwriting, ticket writing, keith rash

Three chickens in a farmyard2017, farm, animal, birds, chooks, chickens, farm animals

Handmade children's mobile depicting Schwerkolt Cottage ( the farmer and his wife, chickens, horse and cow ) which was used to amuse children. In folder string from straws.In a manila folder, labelled by hand in black lettering 'Schwerkolt Cottage Mobile'. A mobile of red straws and six double sided coloured pictures painted by the artist Rae Matthews, a Society member as an example for visiting children to make. Pictures are of Mr and Mrs Schwerkolt, a cow, a horse, chickens and the Cottage. A copy of the original sheet that the children were given is ND1420. The pig drawing is missing from the mobile.niltoys, mobile

James Corbett married Dulcie Jennings in 1935. Bill Jennings was Dulcie's brother.Black and white photograph taken in outdoor setting (chicken coop and chickens in background) showing a man standing behind a small boy, and another man standing to one side.james corbett, geoff corbett, bill jennings

Sally Hearn (1932–2018) was a dedicated button collector and a prominent member of the Victoria Button Collectors Club. Her button collection was featured as a primary display in the 'The Melbourne Story' exhibition at the Melbourne Museum, which opened in mid-2008.The Hearn Collection of locally made and international buttons is historically and aesthetically significant as it illustrates the textile and manufacturing history of button making.Animal buttons on white card. Includes birds, swans, chickens.No catalogue entry included.sally hearn, button collections

This is the Warren Street residence of the owners of the bakery, which was situated behind this building. The owners were John and Florence Warren who ran the bakery until the 1960's when it was taken over by their daughter Ida and son-in-law Robert Greer. A weatherboard house surrounded by a 'chicken wire' fence. There is a wooded hill in the background.buildings, houses

Collage of 3 photographs. (1) 2 men with a wheelbarrow beside chicken pens. The barrow contains a wooden box with compartments holding eggs. (2) Chicken head. (3) 2 men weighing and recording eggs.eggs, poultry, egg-laying competition, burnley, chicken pens

Colour slide in a mount. Kentucky Fried Chicken, possibly regional Victoria, AustraliaMade in Australia/ SEP70M3victoria, slide