Microform Collection

Title: Australian Women's Work, catalogue and programme of the First Exhibition of Women's Work, Melbourne, 1907
Call Number: MICROFICHE 3110
Publisher: Melbourne : Library Council of Victoria, 1987.
Description: 6 microfiches (240 fr.) : negative, ill., ports. ; 11 x 15 cm. +

Subject(s):

Handicraft--Australia--Exhibitions.
Women artisans--Australia--Exhibitions.
Women artists--Australia--Exhibitions.

Notes: This publication reproduces the programme and schedules and the official souvenir catalogue of the First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, 1907. The exhibition was a major one running from October 23 to November 30, 1907. It was opened by Lady Northcote, wife of the then Governor-General. Exhibitors included professional and amateur craftswomen, and school children submitted entries in some categories. Items on display included paintings, needlework, millinery, dresses, laces, enamel work, book binding, carved furniture, and jams and dried fruit. There were also demonstrations of shorthand and typewriting, music, elocution, games and sports.

Publication type: Catalogue
Country: Australia
Language: English
Time period: 1907

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