Special Achievements

• Elsie was awarded 10,363 prizes and awards for her needlework. 

Additional Information

• Prize winning needleworker.  Her prizes provided essential cash, thus boosting the family income, especially during the Depression (500 pounds in one year).  In 1980, she donated 129 (needlework, handicrafts, prize certificates, sashes, embroidery needles, needlework encyclopaedia, scrapbook of photocopied press clippings) pieces to the Queensland Museum.

Link - Object Simple Search "elsie wright"

Queensland Museum Network

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Link - Tea Cosy

Queensland Museum Network

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Link - "Yes, I well remember that Mrs W.C.C. Wright". The Elsie Wright Needlework Collection

BioStor

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Link - The Embroidery Collection

Research Data Australia

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Link - ELSIE WRIGHT

Australian Workers Heritage Centre

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Link - Elsie Wright

Find A Grave

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