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Mater Hospital Art Union No. 17 Brings You Australia’s First Plastic 3-Bed Durable Low-Maintenance Sterling Home

c1957. Colour screenprint, 91.1 x 58.9cm. Slight foxing, small missing portions to margins. Linen-backed.

Text continues “1st Prize - fully furnished by Anthony Horderns. Plus land valued £6,250. 2nd and 3rd [prize] 2 Goldcoast holidays for 2 at Beachcomber, Surfers Paradise. Fly Ansett-ANA. Tickets here. Christmas special 2/. 300,000 tickets printed for sale.”

The Mater Prize Home Lottery in Queensland commenced in 1954, with a two-bedroom fibro house in Surfers Paradise. These funds were used in building the original Mater Mothers’ Hospital in South Brisbane which opened in 1960. Ref: Mater Prize.

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Item #CL177-99

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