Mackay collection - white Tulle child's undergarment with hand embroidered floral decoration press stud fasteners and elastic underarm straps.costume, children's underwear

Mackay collection - white Tulle child's undergarment with hand embroidered decoration hook and eye fasteners and elastic underarm straps.costume, children's underwear

Mackay collection - white child's Tulle undergarment with hand embroidered floral decoration, press stud fasteners and elastic underarm straps.costume, children's underwear

Clothing. Child's cream coloured linen underpants with casing and drawstring at waist. Tied at front with cotton tape. Legs trimmed with 1.5 cm lace. Garment matches 11408.61 (Petticoat).costume, children's, child's cream linen underpants.

Clothing. Child's cream coloured linen petticoat. Round neckline with embroidered scalloped edge. Short kimono cut sleeves with embroidered scalloped edges. Body of petticoat widens to hem. Edge of front hem has two brown printed stripes.costume, children's, child's cream coloured linen petticoat

Clothing. Child's cream coloured linen petticoat. Round neckline with casing and embroidered edge. Cotton tape tie threaded through casing and tied at centre front. Short kimono cut sleeves edged with pintucks and lace (2 cm). Body of petticoat widens to hem.costume, children's, child's cream coloured linen petticoat

Clothing. Child's cream coloured sleeveless linen petticoat. Round neckline with casing. Arm holes edged with embroidered stitches. Hem trimmed with two rows of 2.5 cm lace with scalloped edge. Centre back opening (20 cm) fastened at neck with cotton tape tie through casing. Garment matches 11408.56 (Underpants).costume, children's, child's cream sleeveless petticoat

Clothing. Child's cream coloured sleeveless linen petticoat. Round neckline with casing. Arm holes edged with embroidered stitches. Lace trim above hem with 2.5 cm eyelet lace around hem. Centre back opening (19cm) fastened at neck with cotton tape tie through casing. Garment matches 11408.57, (Underpants).costume, children's, child's cream sleeveless petticoat

Clothing. Child's cream coloured waisted organza dress. U shaped neckline with 1.5 cm lace trim with eyelet edge. Silk ribbon (1cm) threaded through eyelet lace. Organza fabric and bows. Large bow pattern of on centre front of bodice, on each sleeve and four bows around skirt connected with trailing ribbon pattern. Front bodice has decorative vertical pin tucks.Back bodice has vertical pin stripes and lace strip inserts. Centre back opening (35 cm) fastened with ribbon at neckline and five metal hooks with cotton loops. Two horizontal strips of lace around waistline. Long straight sleeves trimmed with 1.5 cm lace at wrist. Hem is trimmed with 1.5 cm lace. Dress is unlined.costume, children's, child's cream coloured linen petticoat

Clothing. Girl's cream coloured short sleeved linen waist length bodice/blouse. High U shaped neckline with ribbon insert lace and fold over lace collar (5cm). Yoke front and back with zig zag edge at front and V shaped at centre back. Yoke has decorative diagonal embroidered panels and pin tucks. The lower section of the blouse is shaped above the waist with darts and pleats below the bustline at the front and at centre back. Short sleeves have ribbon insert lace around arm holes with 7 cm embroidered fabric forming the sleeves.costume, children's, child's bodice/blouse

White cotton child's lace dress. Unlined. Dropped waistline. Bodice made up of vertical strips of two different laces. U shaped neckline with flat gathered lace collar (7cms) with one cm fine lace trim around neckline. Cap sleeves (7cms). Skirt (16cms) of gathered lace in one piece. Back opening full length of bodice (22cms) with three buttons two X .6cm and one X .9cm.costume, children's, white cotton child's lace dress

Clothing, One cream coloured infant's sock. Ribbed top and patterned leg and top of sock. Old box 524.costume, children's, cream coloured sock.

Clothing, cream coloured double layer child's silk cape. Inner cape has 13 cm one piece circular yolk with 7 cm turned over collar. Casing around neck has 4 cm draw string ribbon threaded through. Inner cape is made from one piece of fabric with inverted V shaped insert on LHS extending 40 cm from edge of yoke. Inner cape is fully lined with cotton fabric. Two extra satin lining panels extend from yolk to hem inside both front openings.(7 cm widening to 28 cm at hem). Outer cape is made from one piece of fabric falling 57 cm from the collar. Outer cape is fully lined with cotton fabric with additional satin lining panels inside front openings from neckline to hem ( 8 cm at neck to 30 cm at hem). Both layers have decorative silk embroidery of floral patterns. Outer cape pattern extends down both sides of front opening and continues above the hem line around the cape. The embroidery on the inner cape extends from the lower edges of the front openings and continues above the hem around the cape. The collar is embroidered with silk thread and lined with satin fabric. Old box 524.costume, children's, cream coloured silk cape.

Clothing, cream coloured silk child's jacket. Part of a two piece suit. (see 11401.8 pants).Front opening with 4 X 1.6 cm and 1 X 14 cm white buttons from throat to waist. Chelsea collar at the front with sailor collar at the back. Long sleeves with 6 cm cuffs. Jacket has casing at lower hem with a drawstring of cotton tape. Single pocket on left breast. Jacket is fully lined with white cotton fabric. Old box 524.costume, children's, jacket

Clothing, cream coloured silk child's pants. Part of a two piece suit (see 11401.7Jacket ).Fully lined with white cotton fabric. Buttons attached at waist for braces. 4 X 1.6 cm evenly spaced across the front. 2 X 1.6 cm at centre back on either side of centre seam.5 cm opening 3 cm above the crotch. Separate piece of fabric stitched inside opening as a covering flap. Old box 524.costume, children's, pants.

Filet crochet, bib front, waistband extends to tie at the wearer's back. Gathered skirt, edged at the hemline with a 3.5 cms crocheted frill. Bib has a floral design, and shell shaped edging around three sides. Neck strap and waistband/tie are treble crochet. Skirt has the floral design repeated and a border of block and open crochet. The lower frill is edged with a floral shell shaped design. neckband is shaped and curved.costume, children's, child's crochet apron

One pair of child's mittens -yellow wool. Stocking stitch with ribbed border at wrist. Hand knitted. Plaited cord attached to one mitten. 6 ms piece of cord attached to other mitten. Cord originally joined mittens together.costume accessories, children's, yellow woollen mittens.

Blue cesarine, trimmed with red and white check cotton. Bib has red and white centre panel, with a three cm band on each side. These bands extend over the shoulder, and cross at the back, to fasten with a button and button hole at the back waistline. Skirt gathers onto the 4 cmwide waistband. An 8.5 cm X 9 cm rectangular pocket of red and white check cotton on right hand side. A 3 cm wide band of red and white cotton decorates the skirt 4.5 cm above the hemline.( This trim is badly worn-one section completely gone).costume, children's, child's cotton apron

Cream linen, round neckline, finished with two cm wide scallops embroidered at the neckline edge in buttonhole stitch. A small embroidered eyelet at the centre of each scallop, allows a narrow pink silk ribbon to pass through as a drawstring. The centre front opening, 17cm long, fastens with on metal press-stud, and one pearl button, with handstitched button hole-one cm long. Garment has no shoulder seams, and does have extended, short sleeves, finished with embroidered scallops, as the neckline. Five petal shaped cutwork decorations are on each sleeve, and both sides of front placket.Garment is slightly flared at the hemline. French side seams - machined and machine stitched hem.costume, children's, cream linen child's nightgown

Documents. Mammoth Temperance & Social Reform Mission. Councillor Mrs. Helen Barton , Queen of Scottish Orators, will be talking at Temperance Hall on Monday Nov.28, 8 pm, ''Citizenship and Higher Patriotism, Tuesday Nov 29 8pm " The State's Duty to the Child''. Wednesday Nov 30 8pm, ''Democracy's Fight against Alcohol''. Thursday Dec1,8pm, ''My Work IN THE GLASGOW SLUMS''. Tickets 1s. each. Mrs. Barton will appear in Slum Costume. Mrs. Barton is a Parish Councillor of Glasgow, A great social reformer, A quaint humorist, An Eloquent Orator. Two articles.Drummond, Arcade Press.organisation, community, abstinence society

A hard backed black and white photograph of a child on a pony. The horse has a white mane and white legs. The child is formally dressed including a bonnet. In the background is a gate, front door entrance and stick fence. Behind the fence are ferns and other plants. The photographer is ? H. Smith, Photo., Kyneton.photograph, person, child and horse, lydia chancellor collection, collection, photography, photograph, photo, child, children, horse, animals, animal, costume, fashion, clothing

Clothing. Child's white linen dress with fold over lace trimmed sailor collar (13cm) and neckline casing. Dress has yoke front and back with a dropped waist trimmed with insert lace (ribbon missing). Above the hem is a horizontal strip of lace (3cm) and two narrow tucks.Item is edged with 5 cm broiderie lace with scalloped edge. Dress has cap sleeves of 5 cm broiderie lace. Full length centre back opening fastened with cotton tape ties at neckline and two pearl like buttons at lower edge of yoke and at dropped waistline.costume, children's, child's white linen dress

Clothing. Child's white linen dress. Wide round hemmed neckline. Dress made up of two pieces of fabric. Dress is straight to below the waist (35cm) and then widens to the hem (51 cm). Sleeveless with arm holes edged with one cm lace. Front of dress is cotton fabric with alternating vertical stripes of embroidered fabric and floral patterned lace. Back opening (16cm) with placket, fastened with two metal press-studs.costume, children's, child's white linen dress

Clothing. Child's ivory coloured sleeveless yoked linen dress. High round neckline with wide fold down lace edged collar (12 cm) dipping to a V shape at centre front and on either side of the back opening. Skirt is gathered into the yoke back and front. Arm holes edged with four cm lace. Full length back opening fastened with two one cm imitation pearl buttons at top and bottom of yoke.costume, children's, child's ivory colored dress

Clothing. Child's ivory coloured silk yoked dress. Round neckline edged with lace. Front yoke is made up of two horizontal strips of lace with a vertical strip on either side at the shoulders. The back yoke of fabric has vertical strips on each side at shoulders. Kimono style short sleeves have a strip of lace along the top. The hem of the sleeve is trimmed with ribbon insert lace and edged with one cm scalloped lace. The skirt is gathered into the lower edge of the yoke, and the seam is trimmed with ribbon insert lace.The sleeve is made up of 7 cm of silk fabric with 20cm of Lace fabric with scalloped edge at hem. Centre back opening (19cm) with three metal press-studs on the yoke.costume, children's, child's ivory coloured silk yoked dress

Clothing. Child's white linen waisted nightdress. Scooped round neckline with casing and lace trim. V shaped broiderie lace insert below neckline with 2 cm fabric trim on each side. open at waist. Skirt tightly gathered into casing at waist. Skirt has inverted V shaped insert at centre front from waist to hem. Overlay on each side with decorative stitching. Item is trimmed with two rows of 1.5cm lace. Double layer cap sleeves of broiderie lace with scalloped edges.Centre back opening (33cm) fastened with cotton tape ties at neckline and waist. Fold over collars at back neckline (12cmX 4cm).costume, children's, child's nightdress

Clothing. Child's cream coloured silk nightdress. Wide scooped neckline with casing and lace trim. Skirt tightly gathered into casing at waist. Centre back opening (27cm) fastened with cotton tape ties at neckline and waist, (V shaped lace insert on bodice front). Skirt has inverted V shape embroidered insert at centre front from waist to hem. Item finished with decorative stitching. Raglan set short sleeves trimmed with pleated fabric.costume, children's, child's cream coloured silk nightdress

This vest was probably used in both China and Australia during the 1940s as a procession garment. It is linked to the Young Chinese League.This vest is significant for its links to the Chinese Young League. The League was formally established on 4 October 1932 to to promote free social intercourse and goodwill among its members and their mutual improvement. Membership was open to all persons, with one or both parents or grandparents born in China. Wives of Chinese members were permitted as members with the same privileges. It was a significant social organisation for Chinese-Australians in Melbourne in the mid to late twentieth century.Child's apricot coloured tunic with blue, floral embroidered border. Circular panel with red Chinese characters adorn the front and back and the tunic itself buttons up on right-hand side. Garment has a square neck and is lined with red striped panel.Chinese characters in the centre circle read: '軍' and above this in smaller characters '御林'. The large character means 'soldier'. The smaller characters may refer to the rank of the soldiersyoung chinese league, processions, melbourne, victoria, china

Else-Lore Oertel, with her mother, was a German internee in Camp 3A as a child, from 1940-1945. The pendant was made for her & inscribed with her initials.Hand carved wooden heart pendant for use as jewellery. Small hole in carving on decorative piece on top of heart for inserting thread, chain, etc. to wear. Initials in black (ink?) on front."EL"tatura, ww2, camp 3, internment, internee camps, costume, accessory, jewellery, handcrafts, woodcarving, else-lore hukins, oertel