Suitcase
Object detail
Description
Brown suitcase; white plastic trimming and handle; rusted locks. Australian stickers on lid.
Classification
PERSONAL EFFECTS Travel Goods suitcase
Measurements
L565 x W380 x H180mm
Media/Materials description
Plastics (Synthetic Materials), Indeterminate (Metals - Indeterminate)
Fibre covered
Fibre covered
Signature/Marks
CHENEY \ ENGLAND
HERON ISLAND \ -HOTEL ORIENTAL \ -McLEANS ROYLEN CRUISES
HERON ISLAND \ -HOTEL ORIENTAL \ -McLEANS ROYLEN CRUISES
History and use
This suitcase belonged to Queensland designer, Olive Ashworth, who frequently travelled from her workplace in Brisbane to gather information and inspiration for her work. The stickers indicate places where Ashworth is known to have travelled, so it is likely she used this suitcase for work, and perhaps to store her sketches, photographs and designs.
Ashworth was interested in North Queensland specifically, after her trips in the early 1950s to work on a tourist brochure for a Heron Island resort. You can see the Heron Island and McLean’s Barrier Reef Cruise stickers on this well-worn suitcase. Ashworth became fascinated with images of the reef and rainforest and used imagery and symbols from these places in her prize-winning and popular textiles. She took photographs and sketches both on land and from underwater observatories in the area.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Ashworth was interested in North Queensland specifically, after her trips in the early 1950s to work on a tourist brochure for a Heron Island resort. You can see the Heron Island and McLean’s Barrier Reef Cruise stickers on this well-worn suitcase. Ashworth became fascinated with images of the reef and rainforest and used imagery and symbols from these places in her prize-winning and popular textiles. She took photographs and sketches both on land and from underwater observatories in the area.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Associated person
Registration number
H41601
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