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1966 Albany Woollen Mills Department of Defence Army Blanket
1966Overview
Earthy orange/ochre woollen blanket with three (3) 52mm light green strips spaced across running the full length of the blanket. Light green blanket-stitching on top and bottom edges. Has a small cotton silk-screened makers label fixed to the lower righthand side corner.
Historical information
The Albany Woollen Mills, also known as Worsted and Woollen Mills Ltd., was Western Australia’s first woollen mill. It was officially opened on 5 February 1925. In 1963 it was one of four mills to be awarded defence contracts for the production of 160,000 army blankets.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-12-2025.10.2
Item type
Textiles
Material
Cotton (Textile)
Wool (Textile)
Width
1979 mm
Height or length
2073 mm
Weight
1433 g
Inscriptions and markings
On label “ALBANY WOOLLEN MILLS / ^ / 1966”
Contextual information
This is a good example of an Albany Woollen Mills manufactured blanket for the Australian Department of Defence during the Vietnam War era.
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Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Rare or representative
Google Maps search term / URL
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Geotag
-35.030449, 117.912878
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Links to additional resources
ALBANY WORSTED & WOOLLEN MILLS C1928 [collectionswa.net.au]
Last modified
Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
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