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Why did you leave such a beautiful place?

Australia, MAR 2009
film

Margaret O’Connell tells of how she moved to be with her sister in Geelong, of her first days at Brintons carpet factory and how her loneliness was soon..

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The Rigid Heddle Frame

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Frame looms

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Every Inch Australian

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Simple looms. Part 1

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The Loom never stops : a conversation with Thomas Ladgrove

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Children of the Musgraves

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A Tapestry workshop with Archie Brennan

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Wall to wall in wool

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Stamina

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Anne's Legacy

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Futures

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Join in the Bicentenary

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Safety in your hands

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John Davis

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Queen cotton

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