They worketh willingly with thy hands

12 March—19 July 2026

They worketh willingly with their hands
Higgins Gallery
12 March - 19 July

This exhibition includes objects from CAM's historical museum collection. There are embroidery samplers, hand-sewn underwear, baskets, hats all meticulously hand-made but perhaps not so willingly. Certainly, the children and women depicted in the paintings and works on paper which accompany the textiles do not always look as if they would be enthusiastic about making, mending and darning. Highlights include a suppercloth made by the Methodist Ladies Guild of Fryerstown, examples of lace, fabulous hats and a section devoted to the 1907 First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work.

Womindjika Woorineen willam bit
Willam Dja Dja Wurrung Balug
Wokuk mung gole-bo-turoi
talkoop mooroopook

Welcome to our homeland,
home of the Dja Dja Wurrung people
we offer you people good spirit.
Uncle Rick Nelson

The Jaara people of the Dja Dja Wurrung are the Custodians of the land and waters on which we live and work. We pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging. We extend these same sentiments to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Nations peoples.

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