Braille Shorthand Machine
Production date
1930-1939
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Description
Aluminium encased, painted black, 7 buttoned machine in black fabric covered box.
Classification
DOCUMENTS Education braille board
Maker
Production date
1930-1939
Measurements
L170 x W210 x H320
Media/Materials description
Aluminium (Metals - Non-Ferrous)
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History and use
This Matrix C.G.&T. Co braille shorthand machine was used by the Braille Writing Association of Brisbane. It was supplied by the Royal National Institute for the Blind, London. The need for services for the blind increased during and after World War 1 due to the number of returned servicemen who lost their sight as a result of their service.
Braille writing dates from the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s, when a system called night writing was developed to allow soldiers in Bonaparte’s French army to communicate safely at night. It was subsequently adapted by Frenchman Louis Braille into the alphabet used today.
By the late 1890s Queensland had its own Braille Writing Society, with the members transcribing books, often by hand.
Braille writing dates from the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s, when a system called night writing was developed to allow soldiers in Bonaparte’s French army to communicate safely at night. It was subsequently adapted by Frenchman Louis Braille into the alphabet used today.
By the late 1890s Queensland had its own Braille Writing Society, with the members transcribing books, often by hand.
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Registration number
H24008
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