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CWA Handicrafts and Home Industries Trophy

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1943

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CWA Trophies, Shields and Awards

Overview

Decorative Silver trophy

Historical information

Bequeathed to CWA Handicrafts and Home Industries committee by the late Mrs A J Gibson 1/6/1943
Possibly the same Mrs Gibson mentioned in the book 'Her Name is Woman' page 12 re: training Land Girls in handicrafts so that they would have a worthwhile occupation in leisure time if assigned to a isolated area.
Also page 79-80 country handicraft demonstrator and instructor.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-213-arch2549

Item type

Trophies and Awards

Material

Silver (Metal)

Keywords

CWA Handicrafts

CWA History

CWA of WA

CWA of WA Branch

Year

Last modified

Tuesday, 20 February, 2024

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