07/09/2026
🧵Part 1: Brisbane’s Embroidery History
Did you know needlecraft was once part of girls’ education in Brisbane?
Join MoB Assistant Curator Gabrielle and Arts Researcher Veronica as they explore Brisbane’s embroidery history, including the wonderful samplers held at Miegunyah House Museum.
More to come, follow for Part 2 🧵
👇 Did someone in your family learn needlework at school? Tell us about it!
📷 Grey Street Bridge, Brisbane 1932 doiley, 1932, cotton doiley. Gift of the Estate of Glenn R Cooke, 2025. Museum of Brisbane Collection. | Brisbane 1932, 1932, cotton doiley. Gift of the Estate of Glenn R Cooke, 2025. Museum of Brisbane Collection. | Winifred Rawson sitting sewing on the verandah of The Hollow outside Mackay Queensland in the 1870s. Courtesy John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. | Three sisters doing needlework on the verandah of their Toowong home c1918. Courtesy John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. | Blue and pink samplers made by Mararet Sneesby while attending Thornlands State School in 1955 and 1956. | Blue sampler made by Robyn Wallace while attending Churchill State School Ipswich in 1961. Courtesy Queensland Women's Historical Association, Miegunyah House Museum. | Miegunyah House Museum. Map data ©2026 Google. | Sampler and smocking Sampler. | Blue and green sampler made by Margaret Sneesby 1956.| Sampler made by Georgina Tabitha Joyce in 1870. Courtesy Queensland Women's Historical Association, Miegunyah House Museum. | Dressmaking class at Brisbane Technical College c1900. | Interior view of a woman mending clothes c1910. Courtesy John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
