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Clean Sweep
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Brushes, brooms, vacuums and floor polishers - everything you need for a tidy home.
Before electricity became widely available to homes across Australia, house cleaning was performed using brushes, brooms and cloths - and lots of 'elbow grease’! Although electricity was introduced in Australia in the 1880s there was not a reliable supply until after the Second World War. There was a post-war boom in labour-saving home devices as many women returned to life as a homemaker, and vacuum cleaners were amongst the most popular items.
Exhibit currently on display at Redcliffe Museum.
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Clean Sweep (1 October 2021 - June 2022). Moreton Bay Our Story, accessed 07/12/2024, https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/33592
