Rajah Award Winner - Pat Forster

At the Australasian Quilt Convention (AQC) in Melbourne a few days ago, the Rajah Award was presented at the Gala Dinner to Pat Forster, a valued and dedicated member of WAQA. Congratulations Pat on receiving this most prestigious award!!

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The Rajah Award acknowledges an outstanding contribution to quilting in Australia, whether it be a contribution as a quilting teacher, designer, author, historian, guild worker, retailer, etc or a combination of work in several of these areas. This award is called the ‘Rajah Award’ in tribute to the historic Rajah quilt made by convict women en route to Australia in 1841.

Source: https://aqc.com.au/awards-at-aqc/

Kezia Hayter, Unidentified women of the HMS Rajah convict ship, The Rajah quilt 1841, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Les Hollings and the Australian Textiles Fund, 1989