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1966 Albany Woollen Mills Department of Defence Army Blanket

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Albany Woollen Mills

1966

Overview

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

Themes

Material

Cotton (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.

Keywords

Department of Defence

Albany Woollen Mills

Vietnam War Era

Place made

Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878
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ALBANY WORSTED & WOOLLEN MILLS C1928

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Tuesday, 15 April, 2025

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