Saturday, July 2, 2016

Making the Australian Quilt 1800 - 1950 - National Gallery of Victoria, July 22nd to Nov 6, 2016

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An opportunity to see the Rajah Quilt on display should not be missed. Our next Australian display of magnificent historical quilts, includi...
Saturday, August 9, 2014

The Rajah Quilt – the Truth, and the Myths, Misconceptions and Exceptions.

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The story of the Rajah Quilt is fascinating because it is the only known surviving patchwork by women convicts, created on their voyage to...
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Sunday, December 29, 2013

'Quilts 1700-1945', the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, August 2013.

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The Rajah quilt is not displayed very often, it has only been in 3 or 4 exhibitions in Australia in the past 10 years. As one of the most si...

Launch of "Patchwork Prisoners"

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The long awaited work by 2 very well known Tasmanian Female Convict Researchers, Dr Trudy Cowley and Dr Dianne Snowden, was launched at Parl...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Bodmin Jail

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It was a cold, wet day in June 2012, when we visited the Bodmin Jail, in Cornwall.  This is the prison where Charles Blight was held in 1834...
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

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  Convict Lives at the Launceston Female Factory Convict Women's Press     On Saturday February 23rd, 2013, the new book,...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

Centenary Celebrations for St Brigid's Catholic Church Wynyard

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When I first contacted the church about taking photos of the window for the Female Convict's Research Group, I was invited to the cent...