hi everyone I saw this great exhibition in Queensland Museum recently : "Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt" - that is touring all around Australia - including Tasmania https://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/remember-me/ Anyhow - a lot of the images show diggers wearing sheepskin and other fur items of clothing Julie On 14 July 2014 14:16, <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Graeme & Wynnette Ford [mailto:graemeford.1@bigpond.com] > Sent: Monday, 14 July 2014 1:35 PM > To: 'Irene Schaffer' > Subject: RE: [AUS-Tas] Rabbit skin vests WW1 > > Hi Irene and list, > > Saw a brief program on this topic sometime in the past few months. > > Cannot find the exact reference for it at the moment, but here is a link > which leads to a commercially produced page which has a picture and small > history attached. > > http://www.mortels.com.au/shop/home.php?printable=Y&cat=37 > > The program may even have been connected to the reproduction of these > vests, > as some of the material looks familiar. > > Ah, I have found that if you Google "TANNED SHEEPSKIN CLOTHING COMMITTEE", > it brings up numerous references, including original newspaper articles and > the "Stitch in Time" Landline program I saw on the ABC. > > However, so far, I have seen no direct references to the Girl Guides. > > Sorry Irene. > > Cheers, > > Wynnette. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, 14 July 2014 10:26 AM > To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUS-Tas] Rabbit skin vests WW1 > > Dear list, a little bit off the track but I was wondering if anyone has > personal oral history about girl guides collecting rabbit skins for the > soldiers in WW1, I have found a reference on Trove that they did this in > 1915 in Hobart. > > My question is where would they have got them from and who would have made > them into vests and sent them off. I found a photo with a soldier wearing > one with the skin outside. > > > Regards > > Irene > > Irene Schaffer > Email: irene.schaffer@bigpond.com > http://www.tasfamily.net.au/~schafferi > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7848 - Release Date: 07/13/14 > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7848 - Release Date: 07/13/14 > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7848 - Release Date: 07/13/14 > > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Many thats to all who sent messages re rabbit skins. Regards Irene Irene Schaffer Email: irene.schaffer@bigpond.com http://www.tasfamily.net.au/~schafferi > hi everyone > > I saw this great exhibition in Queensland Museum recently : > > "Remember me: the lost diggers of Vignacourt" > > - that is touring all around Australia - including Tasmania > > https://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/remember-me/ > > Anyhow - a lot of the images show diggers wearing sheepskin and other fur > items of clothing > > Julie > > > On 14 July 2014 14:16, <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Graeme & Wynnette Ford [mailto:graemeford.1@bigpond.com] >> Sent: Monday, 14 July 2014 1:35 PM >> To: 'Irene Schaffer' >> Subject: RE: [AUS-Tas] Rabbit skin vests WW1 >> >> Hi Irene and list, >> >> Saw a brief program on this topic sometime in the past few months. >> >> Cannot find the exact reference for it at the moment, but here is a link >> which leads to a commercially produced page which has a picture and small >> history attached. >> >> http://www.mortels.com.au/shop/home.php?printable=Y&cat=37 >> >> The program may even have been connected to the reproduction of these >> vests, >> as some of the material looks familiar. >> >> Ah, I have found that if you Google "TANNED SHEEPSKIN CLOTHING >> COMMITTEE", >> it brings up numerous references, including original newspaper articles >> and >> the "Stitch in Time" Landline program I saw on the ABC. >> >> However, so far, I have seen no direct references to the Girl Guides. >> >> Sorry Irene. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Wynnette. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >> aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Monday, 14 July 2014 10:26 AM >> To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [AUS-Tas] Rabbit skin vests WW1 >> >> Dear list, a little bit off the track but I was wondering if anyone has >> personal oral history about girl guides collecting rabbit skins for the >> soldiers in WW1, I have found a reference on Trove that they did this in >> 1915 in Hobart. >> >> My question is where would they have got them from and who would have >> made >> them into vests and sent them off. I found a photo with a soldier wearing >> one with the skin outside. >> >> >> Regards >> >> Irene >> >> Irene Schaffer >> Email: irene.schaffer@bigpond.com >> http://www.tasfamily.net.au/~schafferi >> ------------------------------- >> AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ >> Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com >> Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7848 - Release Date: 07/13/14 >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7848 - Release Date: 07/13/14 >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7848 - Release Date: 07/13/14 >> >> ------------------------------- >> AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ >> Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com >> Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >