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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The John Lancaster Collections of Australian Trade Exhibitions
• Sale Date:
  18 Oct 2016 ~ 1pm
• Lot #:
  427
• Lot Description:
  "First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, 1907." Official Souvenir Catalogue for the Exhibition
  which was held at the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, October 23 to November 30, 1907". 400 pp.
• Provenance:
  Charles Leski Auctions, Auction 192, 13 Dec.2001 Lot 27.
• Notes:
  On 23 October 1907 some 15,000 people crowded into Melbourne's Exhibition Building for the opening ceremonies of the Australian Exhibition of Women's Work by Lady Northcote (the wife of Australia's Governor General) and Pattie Deakin (wife of the Prime Minister), who also ran a model creche, during the exhibition. The 5 week exhibition (up to its close on 30 November 1907) showcased the work of women musicians, artists and craftswomen. The catalogue reveals examples of sharp cultural change over the last century. For example: in the Laundry Section, Class 245, a prize of one guinea (£1/1/-) is offered for the 'best washed and ironed man's shirt with a glazed or unglazed collar'. Another example in Class 207: the provision of a menu for 'The best bill of fare (3 meals a Day) for the bread winners earnings to average £2/2/- per week'.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 2,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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