Historical information
This file contains four items pertaining to the Murrumbeena Spinners:
1/A printout of an article from the Caulfield Contact, dated 12/12/1986, noting the various community groups, such as the Spinners, that participated during the Murrumbeena Day – part of the Caulfield Festival. Contains three black-and-white photographs: one of five members of the Spinners – Evelyn Townley, Jan Knight, Dot Picot, Joy Barton and Jill Wylie – engaged in weaving; one of another member – Val Woolard – engaged in weaving; and one of members of the Country Women’s Association – Doreen Chapman, Beattie Burns, Nancy Rose and Margaret Mann – displaying their work.
2/A page identifying the persons featured in the first two photographs on the following page, and specifying the photographs’ context.
3/A page to which are attached three black-and-white photographs. The first is of members of the Spinners – who are identified in the previous item – standing in front of Murrumbeena House. The second is a printed copy of the first. The third is of Murrumbeena House itself, sans the Spinners.
4/A file note written by Anne Kilpatrick recording source of photographs and information, with contact details for Heather Poppenbeek for any future research.
Subjects
- murrumbeena spinners,
- murrumbeena house,
- community groups,
- community houses,
- picot dot,
- barton joy,
- wylie jill,
- woolard val,
- warren jeanette,
- poppenbeek heather,
- dipnall merle,
- dynan judy,
- weaving,
- weavers,
- caulfield contact,
- murrumbeena day,
- caulfield festival,
- festival and celebrations,
- townley evelyn,
- knight jan,
- dimock liz,
- farr beryl,
- country women’s association,
- chapman doreen,
- burns beattie,
- rose nancy,
- mann margaret,
- ryan brenda,
- sherlock pam,
- tanner lorna,
- mansell mary,
- handweavers and spinners guild,
- millroy,
- dunbar margaret,
- kilpatrick anne