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Country Women's Association of WA > Records

"The Countrywoman" Printers Blocks

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Country Women's Association of WA: State Significance

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Woodblock

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The woodblock featuring Woodbridge homestead was given to the National Trust in 2021 together with a photocopy of the front cover of 'The Countrywoman'.
The August 1970 edition featured this woodblock together with copies of pages 17 and 18 from the same magazine.
This article told the background of the building, short history of the site usage and of Charles Harper and his family. Charles Harper built Woodbridge.
There was a receipt from the National Trust which was sent to State Office.

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cwa-org-213-arch2804

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Printing blocks

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Keywords

CWA of WA Countrywoman Magazine

Country Women's Association

Country Women's Association of WA

Country Women's Association of WA

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