Historical Traces of Quilting Fabric in Australia
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Historical Traces of Quilting Fabric in Australia
There is a great diversity of culture in Aboriginal Australia. One example of this is the 
number of original language groups, 250 at the time of first settlement. One hundred and 
sixty are now extinct and only twenty are expected to survive (Walsh, 1993). Aboriginal 
dresses fabric is showing strong signs of survival in the art market that has been 
dominated for decades by bark painting and more recently by acrylic painting on canvas. 
Quilting fabric in Australia is a well-known technique in the western world but for the 
Indigenous people of Australia, it is a recent addition to their traditional art practices such 
as string and basket making.
How did the fabric manufacturer come in the picture at Melbourne?
The first western textile techniques were introduced to Aboriginal people by aboriginal art 
fabric suppliers who were also missionaries, teachers and art advisers to encourage 
productive work and money-earning capacity. Spinning, weaving, dressmaking and crafts 
were taught from the 1930s with a flourishing of creativity in the 1970s, the heyday of the 
craft movement in Australia.
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The present situation of aboriginal dresses fabric 
With the increasing of Victorian restrictions moving to include mandatory face masks for 
the general public and the ever-changing nature of COVID-19 across Australia, we are all 
experiencing strange and tough times right now. At Clothing The Gap, we’re right here 
with you! 
 
For now, it doesn’t look like the requirement to wear a mask in public is going anywhere 
any time soon. We wanted to create a mask that speaks to your values and keeps you 
looking fresh with any outfit with the reversible 2 in 1 design giving you two looks for the 
price of one.
We're proud that this mask is created from the initial idea to a finished packaged product 
within a 25km radius. This process begins and is managed by an Aboriginal owned 
fabric manufacturer in Melbourne and led social enterprise working alongside local 
manufacturing industries, with locally sourced fabric and recyclable materials. 
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Wrapping Up
If you are looking to support the Aboriginal culture then turn into M&S Textiles Australia 
your quilting fabric provider in Australia.
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CONTACT US
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136 Cromwell Street, Collingwood, VIC – 3066, M&S Textiles Australia Inc.
Australia
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