Aboriginal Culture – Astronomy
Life for Noongar people was moderated by objects in the sky. Day time was signalled by Venus rising and the sun’s position, longer periods (‘months’) by the moon, and seasons by star patterns. For navigation: direction was judged by sun up, sun down, highest point of the su...
Celebrate the Culture of Australia's First People - Collection by Pat Forster
Crazy Patchwork Cot Quilt
Crazy patchwork cot quilt made from a wide variety of materials, patterned and plain. Some seams are overstitched with feather stitch and herringbone. One of a pair. There is no padding. The backing is taffeta. 2000 x 1500 mm...
2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWH
Hexagon Quilt
Cotton patchwork cover constructed from hand sewn hexagons (65mm) in cotton and linen furnishing materials. The curved edges are bound with blue and cream printed striped cotton. The backing material is not visible. 941 x 261 mm...
2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWHOakey Historical Museum Collection
Log Cabin Quilt
Machine constructed log cabin quilt using a wide variety of strips of used clothing including cottons, men's suitings and wools. Each square is about 250mm and arranged in the 'light and dark of the fire' variation of log cabin. There is no padding. The backing is brown twill ...
2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWHPioneer Women's Hut Heritage Quilt Collection
Skin Rug
Skin rug, probably rabbit. Centre backs of 72 fine winter skins used, 6 skins across and 9 in length. Exceptionally well matched and very supple tanning. Blue baize backing with traditional scalloped edge. Brown rat tail braid 90mm from the edge on the back and also a centre desi...
2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWHPioneer Women's Hut Heritage Quilt Collection
Suiting Samples Child’s Coverlet
Child's coverlet, made from suiting samples sewn in a patchwork effect. This small quilt is machine stitched and made from suiting samples which have come from two styles of sample books. The colours are predominantly in blues and blue-grey. The quilt has been back...
2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWHNational Wool Museum CollectionRunning Stitch Collection
Unfinished Crazy Quilt
Unfinished crazy patchwork quilt. Materials are mainly silk, velvet, woven ribbons, woven brocades. Hand embroidery using many different stitches also machine embroidery eg frog. Some individual patches have names, initials, dates probably relating to family membe...
2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWH
Mary Studholme’s Wagga
One side of this whole cloth quilt is a single piece of cretonne or similar with a pattern of autumn leaves. The other side is patched pieces of curtaining. The padding is old clothing, mainly knits, with some pieces of men's suiting showing through tears in the backin, and tac...
2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWH
Noongar Placenames
The quilt is made from heavy orange-coloured silk, orange for the colour of the land at sunset; and dark black/brown furnishing fabric, representing the darkness of water at sunset. Construction is raw edge applique, couched thread and embellishment with sequins. S...
Pat Foster Collection
Clarence Valley Coverlet
The coverlet consists of small hexagons stitched together in a manner similar to the construction of a yo-yo 'Suffolk Puff' quilt. The maker whipstitched the hexagons together at 2 points. In one instance the hexagons are stitched together on a straight edge and in the other in...
Janette McInnes Collection
Kangaroo Skin Cloak
Kangaroo skin cloak of seven gores is made from the skins of eight grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus). The skins vary in size and shape, the inner five are roughly triangular. The extra skin has been used to make a collar. The two skins on the edge of the cloak are roughly rec...
2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWHWestern Australian Museum Collection
Possum Skin Rug
Possum skin rug constructed from 24 rectangular pieces hand stitched to a dark brown felt backing and couched on other side to faded blue silk tape. Nineteen possum tails similarly attached to felt backing dangle around three sides of the rug. All felt edges are scalloped. ...
2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWHWestern Australian Museum Collection
Woollen Wagga
The wagga is a simple design consisting of forty-eight 20 cm squares stitched together in rows of squares 6 x 8. It is made of wool and a good variety of fabrics were available to the maker. There is no batting in the wagga. Its overall condition is very good although there ar...
Janette McInnes Collection
The Kangaroo Rug
Kangaroo skin rug made from 22 pieces of kangaroo pelt, 4 pieces across each end of the rug and 2 larger pieces making up panels in the central portion of the rug. Pelts are hand stitched together. Backing of burgundy felt has been attached by hand stitching. The navy edging a...
2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWH
