Memorial plaque Elsie Nona Anderson, St Andrew’s Church, Westbury. Carved 1939.
Memorial plaque Elsie Nona Anderson, St Andrew’s Church, Westbury. Carved 1939. Memorial plaque for Elsie Nona Anderson Bruce and Elsie Anderson DB8 No further information has been found about this plaque at time of website creation. If you have any information you can add please use the contact form on this site.
Endowment board unveiled 1939. Mothercraft Home, Tasmania.
Endowment board unveiled 1939. Mothercraft Home, Tasmania. DB138 Obviously Nellie was a very charitable person, donating many carvings to various organisations over many years. Her daughter, Madge, also worked at the Mothercraft Home and our assumption is that this Home was run in conjunction with the Home of Mercy and Babies Home, and also Clarendon […]
Coat of Arms, Tasmanian House of Assembly. Carved 1939.
Coat of Arms, Tasmanian House of Assembly. Carved 1939. DB68 “Ellen Nora Payne – Woodcarver of Tasmania” by Russell Atkinson, page 98“For many years the Tasmanian Parliament House in Hobart had felt the lack of a suitable representation of a Royal coat of arms to signify Parliament’s allegiance to the Throne, and in 1939 Mrs […]
Headmistresses’ chair, St Michael’s Collegiate, Hobart. Carved 1939.
Headmistresses’ chair, St Michael’s Collegiate, Hobart. Carved 1939. DB58 This ceremonial chair was carved for the Prefects of 1939 to present to the school.