Volume 64: Emily Macarthur [Mrs. James Macarthur] correspondence and other papers, 1838-1879: No. 218

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instruments in what the Victorians called Blackwood Cases from the Dandelong [Dandenong] Mountains 40 miles from Melbourne. The Blackwood is very beautifully figured and is coming in for use in first class furniture & cabinet work.  Let me not forget to tell you that there were some beautiful fine cloths made by Titus Salt from the fleeces of the Angora goat.  And I shall record it, a Photograph of the Prize baby who was awarded the 1st prize against 19 competitors at the last Collingwood

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