- Owner
- Private Collections
- Region
- Mid North
- Creator
- Unknown
- Measurements
- 89cm x 92cm
- Historical Period/Date
- 20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)/1943
- ID Number
- ESPO-017
- Classifications
- Cloths,Stem Stitch,
Physical Description
Cream cotton cloth with a 2cm crochet edge. In the centre is a square of royal blue stem stitch with the words 'Daphne Francis Queen of Town and District 1943'. The capital letters D, F, T and D are outlined in stem stitch. The signatures scattered over the cloth are in various colours.
Theme and Purpose
Fundraiser. The owner's older sister, Daphne Francis, was one of three Queens of Terowie during the war. Terowie was an army staging camp during the war with soldiers transiting to Darwin. The family owned a farm in the area and were active in raising money for the troops. Many of the signatures on the cloth were family members or people who worked on the farm.
Signatures
Below are the names that have been transcribed from this object. Multiple instances of a name on one object is indicated by a bracketed number after the name. A name in bold appears on other objects. Click these names to see the other objects.
?, Iris
A??, F Roy
Abbott, M
Adams, Joan
Adams, Lorna
Angel, W
Barry, Laurel
Battersby, Doreen
Bevan, Irene
Bills, Win
Booth, F L
Both, Kathleen
Both, N A
Bowden, Elva
Boys, Edith
Brealey, D
Breeding, Lionel (Mr & Mrs)
Brett, Brian
Brett, Mary
Brett, Neil
Bruce, Pauline
Cabot, L R
Cadzous, T R
Carpenter, V R
Carpenter, W T
Churches, J
Churches, N
Clarke, R J
Clarke, S J
Clements, Reg
Cockshell, A
Collins, H C
Conway, Chris
Crosby, C M
Crosby, Doreen
Crosby, J R
Crosby, John
Dale, George
Dale, J
Davies, S G
Edwards, C A S
Edwards, Hazel L
Elliot, D M
Elliot, Lorna
Elliott, J K
Epps, Cecil H
Epps, P S
Fitzpatrick, E J
Flint, R C
Fogarty, Stan
Francis, E P (Mother)
Gericke, A M
Gericke, H S
Geve, N L
Giles, John J
Gillespie, J E
Grigg, Stella
Groves, H C
Groves, S H
Hams, A A
Hams, M I
Hams, Valma J
Hanlin, F M
Haynes, Sid
Henderson, K A
Hides, Mag
Hill, H W
Hodge, I
Hodge, S R
Hopworth, W
Howard, C A
Hucks, A
Jarmyn, R J (BPR AIF)
Jenkins, V K
Johnston, J H
Jones, Douglas
Jones, H (2)
Just, Catherine
K, F
Keane, F A
Kenworthy, J (Grandfather)
Kenworthy, S B (Grandmother)
Kernihan, E M
Kitston, J K
Kloss, J
Lanartowig, J
Lee, M R
Lillywhite, B I
Linsley, A C
Madins, D J
Mahoney, K J
Mahoney, M
Martin, A H
Martin, A W
Mason, R C
Mattey, E L
Mattey, R A
McInerney, Lance
McInerney, Madge
McInerney, Pat
McKeough, E L
McKinnon, Elsie
McKinnon, Kayleen
McKough, J
Megaw, W S
Menz, Judith
Mouch??, K A
Murphy, J M
Murray-Wilson, D
Northcott, Hilda
Northcott, J H
Nully, M (DC)
O'Brien, James L
Offler, E O
Parker, L W
Paynter, T
Place, V C R
Post, Joseph M
Post, Nan L
Prout, J
Ragnor, Jean
Ragnor, L B
Randall, J
Rankin, D R
Rankin, G H
Rankin, Ian
Rankin, R J
Rankin, S N
Rayner, Max
Raynor, A
Rice, A D
Roads, Ross R
Rosewall, W
Saint, Helen
Schmidt, H M
Simpson, B C
Strawbridge, F J (AIF)
Strawbridge, Hartley
Strawbridge, J M
Strawbridge, Joy
Strawbridge, R W (AIF)
Swift, F
Tilka, Linda
Tonkins, M
Toole, L U
Townsend, K T
Trader, Ian
Walkington, Allan
Walkington, Dean
Waters, M
Watt, E
Westan, K
Westan, Pat
Whilby, Clifford
Whyte, K C
Williams, Andrew
Williams, V A
Witty, J
Wokatich, P B
Wright, E Hie