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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'POLLY', 'JEAN', 'GREGROIE', cotton / paint / glitter / glue, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1992 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, 'GREGROIE', 'POLLY' AND 'JE…

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Visit the page ‘Blake’ - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'BLAKE', cotton / paint / synthetic textile / plastic, maker unknown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1992 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation with a dark purple background. Top left half of panel contains a Manly Warringah Sea Eagles supporters flag with a small plastic Bart Simpson doll attached to the lower left corner. 'THAT'S FREEDOM' and 'BLAKE 8yrs' is hand painted in yellow across the lower edge. A Ninja Turtles towel is attached to the right side of the panel with a small Christmas Troll doll attached to a small Christmas stocking. Three small children's toys are attached to the left side of the towel.
Visit the page From the Carers - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of those cared for by Camp Goodtime Carers, 'From the Carers', cotton / paint, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1992 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, daubed in paint of various colours, with the words 'Camp Goodtime' near the centre. The overall concept is of a jigsaw with tabbed pieces. The following names are to be found on these pieces: Brenda, Ron, Mary, Kat, George, Jane, Nathan, Tash and Bret (sic).
Visit the page David H - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, 'DAVID H', cotton / paint / metal / synthetic textile / plastic, made at Camp Goodtime, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1992 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. In the centre of the panel there is a painted scene with a rainbow arching over a red stick figure holding a bunch of coloured balloons. There is another painted bunch of balloons above the name, 'DAVID/ H' painted in black, with the dates '16.1.66 - 1.5-92' written in blue ink to the left of that. Across the bottom of the panel there is a row of seven painted flowers, some with pompoms on the flowers and the leaves. In the bottom right hand are indecipherable letters. On the left hand side there is a yellow sand coloured background with various metal filigree ornaments sewn or glued on to it; in the top left hand corner there is a gold woven Celtic knot and at the bottom a black tassel coming from three black spiral circles.
Visit the page Jamie and Lindsay - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Jamie' and 'Lindsay', cotton / paint, maker unknown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1992. Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, with a painted sun in the top right corner. A series of stripes in arcs around the sun are painted in muted rainbow colours. The following words are painted in white letters on the arcs from top to bottom of the panel. 'DAYDREAMS' on the red arc; 'JAMIE' 'LINDSAY' the green arc; 'LOVERS' the indigo arc; 'BROTHERS' on the violet arc and 'SONS' on the yellow/green arc; and 'FRIENDS' across the bottom left corner.
Visit the page ‘Donna’ - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Donna' cotton / paint, made by Ian Newnham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1992 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation with a calico background. On the left hand side, various figures painted in primary colours and black face appear to be climbing a steep slope to the top right corner of the panel. The figures are on a background of diagonal stripes. There is a second group of blue and red wash painted stripes stretching diagonally from the lower middle to the top right corner. In the bottom right corner, the name 'Donna' is painted in black paint. This quilt panel is in memory of Donna (surname not known). The date of her birth and death are also not known. According to the book, Yardley, A. & Langley, K., 'Unfolding: The Story of the Australian and New Zealand AIDS Quilt Projects', McPhee Gribble Publishers, Ringwood, Victoria, 1994, pp 92-93, Ian stated 'the panel conveys to me a lot of the futility associated with the individual's capacity to handle the HIV positive issue alone. It's a panel which shows figures climbing what appears to be an endless torturous path which appears to have virtually no end to it, but does perhaps provide some hope that at the end of the journey there may be some respite. Ian and Josephine Newnham cared for HIV positive children including Shaun (Donna's son).
Visit the page From the Carers Camp Goodtime - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of the carers and the children, 'From the Carers - Camp Goodtime', cotton / mixed media, made by a friend, New South Wales, Australia, 1992 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation. The entire panel is painted in a jigsaw puzzle pattern in eight pieces. From left to right: Piece 1) a landscape scene with a setting sun with 'Goodtime Camp' painted in red across the top. Two painted stick figures of a girl and a boy are in the top right of the piece and 'John' is painted on the lower left corner and '1992' on the lower right corner. 2) is a curved painted music keyboard with red and purple music notes and purple stars. 'Shaun' is painted in black and gold in the lower right corner. 'Marc' is painted in purple on the lower side edge of the piece. 3) is painted yellow with a red sun and a flower garden across the lower edge. There are four painted stick figure children with appliqued felt clothes and a stick figure painted baby dressed in a blue checked nappy attached with a safety pin. One of the children is holding two balloons held by felt strings. The orange balloon has the following names hand painted: David, Piers, Sharon, Tyson and Carl. The grey balloon has 'love always David and Thomasin' painted in faded gold paint. 4) is a painted football field with black painted goal posts on the left. In the middle is a red and yellow football with 'Bronco's' (sic) painted in black. Next to the football on the right is a painted football boot in black, green, yellow and white. 'Jimmy and Colby' is painted in gold above the boot, 'Cheree' is written in red paint between the ball and the boot. 'Jerry' is painted in red on the lower right corner. 5) is a stylised painted scene with a large piece of white lace on the left edge. There are two black appliqued flowers with gold metal filigree centres and one pink appliqued flower on the lower edge. "FOR THE CARERS AND THE KIDS " is hand written in paint on the top edge with a semi circle of white lace attached with a gold colour button. The background contains the following: one yellow, green and faded red pipe cleaner, yellow and mauve paper ribbon, two gold coloured metal badges, four small yellow pom poms, one green pom pom, two pink and one blue pom pom. 6) consists of a dark painted night sky background with a grey painted moon, a large painted earth, scattered clouds in white and mauve. "Nathan and Jane" is painted in grey and orange on the lower edge. 7) is a painted landscape with a green background. "HOLLY, TROY AND VINCE" are painted in gold glitter and there is a painted hot air balloon on the left side. A small stylised tree painted in black is next to water and painted flowers. 8) is a stylised seascape painted in blues and grey with an appliqued white felt quarter moon edged with blue pom poms on the upper side. There are four white appliqued stars (starfish ?) on the top right corner and "PETER" is painted on the left in blue over silver glitter.
Visit the page ‘Nellie’ - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of Nellie, 'NELLIE', cotton / paint, made by family, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1992 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. The whole panel is an abstract style painted ocean scene, with the sky in the colours of a setting sun. 'Nellie con Dios' is written in red paint on the lower right corner. There are two small red hand prints in the lower centre of the panel and a single larger red hand print on the far left of the panel.

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