Mining — Women of Mt Cuthbert Past SUE DENNIS, SUNNYBANK, QLD Commercial and hand-dyed cotton fabrics, synthetic fabrics, hand-printed fabrics. Hand stitching, machine writing, machine appliqué and piecing, hand printing with found objects, painting, machine quilting. 125 cm H x 92 cm W The pioneer women of the early 1900s lived, raised families and worked in inhospitable outback mining townships. This quilt remembers and celebrates their presence at the Mt Cuthbert copper mine in NW Queensland. Little or no sanitation, flies and incredible heat were part of their daily lives. Their spirit lives on and today women in modern mining camps enjoy the comforts of air conditioning, running water, modern transport and communication.