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1954 Eagley Woollen Mills Department of Defence Army Blanket

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Eagley Woollen Mills

1954

Overview

Dark grey woollen blanket with three (3) 45mm light grey strips spaced across running the full length of the blanket. Light blue blanket-stitching on top and bottom edges that is very worn and missing along most of the edges. Has a small cotton machine-stitched makers label fixed to the lower righthand side corner.

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Registration number

cwa-org-12-2025.10.1

Item type

Themes

Material

Cotton (Textile)

Width

1335 mm

Height or length

1820 mm

Weight

1309 g

Inscriptions and markings

On label “D^D / EAGLEY / VIC. / 1954”

Keywords

Department of Defence

Eagley Woollen Mills

Australian Army

Place made

Collingwood, Victoria, Australia

Year

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Google Maps search term / URL

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

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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Last modified

Tuesday, 15 April, 2025

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