About the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games donator Doug Pleasance wrote- During the 1980s the Australian wool industry was at its most prosperous times with record numbers of sheep producing wool receiving ever increasing values due to the success of the Reserve Price Scheme, and the overall guidance of the Australian Wool Corporation (AWC). As a humble technichian, my role was a low profile newly created position of “Controller, Technical Marketing” where wool was to be marketed on its technical properties, as distinct from the “Product Marketing Group” which exploited trhe traditional high profile approach of marketing wool;s superior fashion attributes. The Woolmark was the tool central to this approach. The 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games saw an evolutionary change in designer selection. A Declaration of Interest Form was communicated to over forty potential designers. The task and especially tight timelines that were involved deterred many aspirants, however, there remained eight designers with the potential we were seeking. These eight designers were paid $3,000 per submission and the winning designer, Wendy Powitt, was paid $15,000. For the first time the judging panel included two athletes, one male swimmer and one female basketballer, their influence was pivotal. The ensemble consisted of three elements- 1. The Official Uniform which was used for travel and all official functions. This included: a tailored blazer and trouser/skirt (all water repellent) by Fletcher Jones, pure wool olive-green faille fabric by Foster Valley, cotton PE formal shirt by Pelaco, pure wool knitwear by Spangaro, printed wool tie by TD Noone, wool nylon socks by Holeproof and footwear by Hush Puppy. 2. Opening Ceremony Uniform a lightweight wool fabric printed with floral designs that had been inspired by the work of Australian artist Margaret Preston. This included: Lightweight W/PE shorts by Fletcher Jones in Foster Valley Fabric, socks by Holeproof and footwear by Hush Puppy. 3. Village Clothing was designed to be highly visible garments to make it easy to ‘spot the Aussie’ and helped to contribute to good team spirit. This included: A pure wool shirt featuring blocks of contrasting colours, and a newly developed stretchGreen knee length skirt with button and zip back. Has two pockets, and two darts in both front and back.Label 1 - Barcelona 1992 Official Uniform supplied by Australian Wool Corporation Label 2 - Fletcher Jones Australia 141992 barcelona olympics, australian wool corporation, wool, olympic games official occasions

The jumper was donated to the National Wool Museum in early 2019 from the Geelong Football Club. The jumper is the fourth in the 'country game' range. The oringal 2016 jumper was designed to commemorate a 'country game' against the Essendon Football Club prior to the start of the 2016 AFL Season. The four themes depicted in that jumper included: livestock, wool, wine and wheat. the 2016 jumper can be viewed as entry 7613.White sleeveless Geelong football jumper. The jumper has a large number 4 printed on the back. On the front of the Jumper it has the words Cotton On printed bellow the neck line as well as the emblems for Powercor Country round, the AFL Ford and the Geelong Football Club.Wording. Printed: COTTON ON POWERCOR COUNTRY FESTIVAL AFL / Ford GEELONG CATS EST 1859 FOOTBALL CLUB Reverse. Wording. Printed: 4 Fordgeelong football club, country round

Light blue woollen beret with black synthetic binding around rim, attached to black cotton lining. United Nations badge is attached to front of beret in gold and white enamel, held in place with pin; badge depicts the globe surrounded by branches of an olive tree. Interior lining has diamond-shaped manufacturer's label stitched on. Beret has two black eyelet holes on wearers' right side. Interior label reads "HILLS/NEW-ZEALAND/made/PURE WOOL/BERET HOOD/UNITED NATIONS/PROPERTY/7 5/8"united nations, peacekeeping, blue berets, uniform, interwar

This style of jumper has a long history in the Royal Australian Navy, descending from the uniform style of the 19th century Royal Navy.Navy blue long sleeved, heavy-weight jumper with square rig collar. On left sleeve is an embroidered patch with the word "AUSTRALIA," underneath which is an anchor insignia and three downward pointing chevrons in gold embroidery thread. On right sleeve is an embroidered patch with the word "AUSTRALIA" on the upper shoulder, underneath which is an embroidered gold wheel on a semi-circle shaped patch. The jumper has a deep neckline, tied with a cotton navy tie. Accompanying collar (0036.2) attaches to the jumper via three navy blue plastic buttons at the back of the neck, and three navy blue plastic buttons running down both left and right interior neckline. The jumper has a zip on the left hand side which runs from the hem to the waist.On patches "AUSTRALIA" Interior label at back of neck reads "ADA/2001/[broad arrow]/NSN: 8405 66 132 2508/SIZE: 111 L/NO/NAME/WOOL/POLYESTER/DRY CLEAN ONLY"royal australian navy, uniform, marine, shirt, australian defence apparel, ratings

This United Nations beret was worn by Major Damien Batty with Australian Forces whilst on tour in Somalia.United Nations wool blue beret with a metal United Nations badge pinned to the front. The band of the beret is made from a black coloured synthetic material. The lining of the beret is black cotton material with a plastic maker's stamp attached to the crown. Interior - Maker's Stamp: HILLS / PURE WOOL . MADE IN NEW ZEALAND / UNITED NATIONS PROPERTY / 1united nations, wool, peace keeping

Embroidered rank insignia (Major) on black wool; the St Edward's Crown is embroidered on red wool with gold, silver and red cotton threadinsignia rank - major, embroidered rank insignia

Drum Majors sash has been worn by all drum majors since 1972 Drum majors sash is gold wool felt with gold braid edging. Carries RVR badge at top of battle honours and rampart lion at base of honours. Two small black drum sticks are located at each side of honours. The sash is crested with Queen Elizabeth 2. A green cotton cover has been included. pipes and drums, rvr, 5/6 rvr, 5 vsr

Scarlet wool doublet with yellow stand collar and cuffs and Inverness skirts. Lower edge of collar, left front of doublet, cuffs and Inverness skirts all edged with white piping. Cuffs and skirts are decorated with three rows of doubled, twisted white wool braid; each row completed with a large whitemetal coloured metal "King Edward VII Australian Commonwealth" button of the period 1901-1911. Shoulder straps are scarlet wool with MISSING whitemetal 'VSR' title, a MISSING whitemetal 'letter' title, a small ERVII Australian Commonwealth button on left shoulder, and a small silver coloured metal Victorian Military Forces button on the right shoulder. Seven large buttons at front of tunic (one missing), and two at back waist. Two large brass belt hooks at side waist of doublet. Lower front skirt flaps have welt pockets lined with linen. Body of tunic lined with a white wool mixture, lightly padded around the underarms. Lower skirt flaps lined with a medium weight cream wool twill and upper smaller flaps lined with a finer cream wool twill. Sleeves lined with cream cotton twill and printed in black ink on the centre back lining is '5/8 38'. Collar lined with red wool and neck fastened with a single brass hook and eye over a black patent leather tab.Printed in black ink on the centre back lining is '5/8 38'

Officer's full dress scarlet wool doublet with yellow stand collar and cuffs, and Inverness skirts. Left front of doublet, cuffs and Inverness skirts all edged with white piping. Lower edge of collar, cuffs and skirts are decorated with three rows of doubled, 1/8” silver Russian braid; each row completed with a large whitemetal coloured metal "King Edward VII Australian Commonwealth" button of the period 1901-1911. 5/8” silver lace around top of collar, and top and seam of gauntlet cuff. Silver braid shoulder straps and screw buttons MISSING. Five large buttons at front of tunic (three missing), and one at back waist (one missing). Two large brass belt hooks at side waist of doublet. Lower front skirt flaps have welt pockets lined with linen. Body of tunic lined with a white wool mixture, lightly padded around the underarms. Lower skirt flaps lined with a medium weight cream wool twill and upper smaller flaps lined with a finer cream wool twill. Sleeves lined with cream cotton twill and written in blue ink on lotter right opening lining is '5-7 37'. Collar lined with red wool and neck fastened with two brass hook and eyes. No black patent leather tab at collar.blue ink on lotter right opening lining is '5-7 37'

The domestic sewing box would have been used in the home.A brown varnished rectangular wooden lidded Sewing Box with a lift out top section which has 16 varying sized compartments for storing sewing accessories. There is a has a hollow area underneath the tray. The lid is attached with brass hinges and it has a brass lock and small key. There are several sewing items included - cotton reels and thread, assorted darning thread for hosiery, wool and nylon threads, a box of black pins, assorted sewing needles, thimbles, small decorative sewing scissors, black rolled tape, mixed buttons, hooks and eyes, nickel plated fittings for hats, vintage stocking hooks, a stick of white chalk, two (one green and one ivory) antique cotton thread winders and a medium sized vintage safety pin.a Variety of brands of items include - 'Rite Tone', 'Della Darn' 'C No Darn', 'Clark's Filosheen' hosiery thread, 'Barbour's Linen Wax Thread', 'The Flora MacDonald Best Steel Bodkins' 'National Hat Guard' nickel plated steel and brass fittings, 'Chadwick's Wool and Nylon' reinforcing mending thread, 'The Myrene Snap Studio' size 1 rustless press studs, 'The Pagoda Brand' rolled tape 5 yds, 'Cross Fox Brand' Best quality Steel Stems (long plastic headed pins), 'Toledo' brass thimble and a black box of 'F. Tayler & Co's Solid Headed Mixed Pins'. The brass lock has 'SECURE PATENT' stamped in to it on the inside of the edge of the front of the box. there is also a small VR with a tiny rounded pattern opposite the Patent sign. sewing equipment, sewing box, sewing, embroidery scissors, functional object

The curtains are significant for their comparative rarity of survival, and at the same time, are highly representative of opulent colonial taste in interior decor in the boom period. The curtain panels are of high quality materials and in unusually good condition, indicating they were used in a window with relatively little sunlight shining on them. They can be imagined in a grand room with one or more matching dressed windows.7 curtain panels, all the same size, possibly to fit a 3-light bay window; or alternately, to fit 3 windows in the same room (or something else altogether, if this is not the original total number of panels). Fabric: silk-wool mix, sky blue ground with narrow vertical gold stripes. The fabric is a damask weave with a watered (moiré) finish; the large, woven motif depicts an urn filled with stylised flowers, leaves and curlicues; the spacing of the motifs is more 19thC than older styles using much the same motif. Each curtain drop is decorated with an applied band of narrow, colour-matched gimp braid around the sides and lower end. The bottom hems are weighted with what feels like lead shot. The curtains are lined with sturdy brown cotton. They are gathered at the top edge on drawstring tape; and hand-sewn with small metal hanging rings. Faded vertical bands of sun exposure are visible on most of the curtains, and one panel has a mended tear on a lower side. Otherwise they are in excellent, sound condition.interior decoration-19th century, curtains-19th century, colonial taste-victoria, gold boom melbourne

1. Dress - white colour polyester cotton fabric ward dress. Collar, long sleeves with attached collar and plastic buttons. Front opening with concealed button closure. Buttons - white plastic with metal shank and split pin. Shoulder straps with attached red colour fabric epaulettes, with button hole. Button - silver colour plastic with metal shank and clasp. Epaulette badge, silver metal letters RAANC, two silver metal letters RAANC, two silver and red colour metal rank insignia - Lieutenant. Manufacturers label - white colour cotton, front lining. 2. Cape - red colour wool fabric cape style elbow length. Shoulder epaulettes with silver colour plastic embossed buttons, Queens Crown, Map of Australia with shank. Three silver and red colour metal rank insignia - Captain - per epaulette. Bar badge - plastic and metal - silver colour, oval shaped surmounted by Queen's crown, oval embossed with "ROYAL ASUTRALIAN NURSING CORPS" . Centre of oval Nightingale oil lamp. Across bottom scroll embossed with motto "PRO HUMANITATE".Manufacturer's information - black print. 1. A.G.C.F./ VICTORIA/ 1976/ ^/ SIZE OS/ 8410.66.038.1474/ ARMY NO/ NAME" 2. Back of cape "C.G.C.F./ VICTORIA/ 1971/ ^/ SIZE - OS/ 8410.66.013.0771/ ARMY NO/ NAME" Front lining "S4S/ M.603493/DKT./ 35768/ F/NO/ 1842/ SIZE/ OS/ CAPE NURSES. WINT. SCARLET/ ARMY/ 125 29". uniform, royal australian army nursing corps

1. Jacket, Khaki Battle Dress - wool. Cloth Major's badge on epaulette. Royal Australian Corps of Transport cloth badges on shoulders. 2. Shirt, cotton polyester, short sleeved, two breast pockets. 3. Cap, Khaki, peaked. RACT Badge on front. 4. Tie, polyester, khaki with elastic neck band. 5. Lanyard, red and blue. 6. Whistle, metal.cmf, uniforms, passchendaele barracks trust

1. Battle dress jacket, khaki wool, cloth badges of Lt.Colonel on shoulders, 2 badges Northern Victorian Regiment and red 3rd Division badge - crossed swords. Two breast pockets. 2. Shirt, cotton/polyester, khaki, short sleeve. 3. Tie, polyester, khaki. 4. Trousers, woollen, khaki. One rear pocket, two side pockets. Khaki plastic buttons. 5. Belt, webbing pattern 37. Colour is faint green with brass fittings,post ww2, 38 bn, nvr, passchendaele barracks trust

Refers to the service of "Lt. R. Baker" 5/13385..1) Jacket, black wool. Four front pockets. Rising Sun on Collars. Lieut. pips (2) on each epaulette. Four brass buttons on front. Button Motif - Australian Military Forces. On left chest are two ribbons, War medal 1939-45 and Australian Service Medal, and an RAAF Flying wings badge. .2) Trousers, black wool, Red stripe down outside of legs. Button fly, striped lining around waist line inside. Two side and one rear pocket. .3) Shirt - off white cotton, long sleeves, one breast pocket. .4) Cap - peaked black, red band, Rising Sun Badge. .5) Tie - black .6) .7) Shoes - pair of black leather, rubber soled shoes L & R.Inside jacket - “Lt. R. Baker 5/13385 2/11/51”ww2, post ww2, mess dress uniform, r. baker, passchendaele barracks trust

Refers to the service of "Rod Hosking". .1) Jacket - brown/khaki. Four front pockets, four gold buttons on front. Gold buttons hold pockets shut. Cloth WO2 badge on each arm. It has RACT Collar badges. .2) .3) Trousers - Brown/khaki, zip fly, Two hip pockets, One rear pocket. .4) Shirt, Khaki, cotton/polyester. Two front pockets with flaps, 6 buttons down front. .5) Tie - wool khaki. .6) Lanyard - Blue and Red (RACT). .7) Cap, Khaki, peaked with RACT Badge. .8) Instructors green and gold armband with Velcro patches..1) Jacket - inside is "4229 106 Hosking” .2) Trousers - inside is “WSD 4229 V090 Hosking” .3) Trousers - inside is “W/02 Thomas R. J. Hosking”ract, uniform, 1980-2020, passchendaele barracks trust, r.j. hosking

Item issued to "Henry Smyth" 3792681. Refer Cat No. 9561 for his service History.Great coat, khaki, wool with some cotton inner lining, buttons are gold colour with Crown and Crossed Rifles denoting Infantry. Makers label on inside.On label, black print, "8405-66-012-0496 - Dunlop NSW. - 966 - Size 8, D^D" Handwritten in black ink "Smyth"henry campbell smyth, uniform, great coat, army

Four page knitting pattern booklet. The cover features a colour image of a woman wearing a yellow knitted jumper.front: [printed] THOROBRED / We've fashioned the pleasure of knitting / 1117 / PRICE CODE A / COTTON / SATINthorobred scheepjeswol, fashion, design, knitwear, home made, wool, pattern book

Single page double sided pattern. The front features a woman wearing a knitted vest and pink hat.front: [printed] THOROBRED / We've fashioned the pleasure of knitting / 1137 / PRICE CODE A / COTTON / FIZZthorobred scheepjeswol, fashion, design, knitwear, home made, wool, pattern book

Single page double sided pattern, showing a woman wearing a white knitted short sleeve top on the front.front: [printed] THOROBRED / We've fashioned the pleasure of knitting / 1144 / PRICE CODE A / COTTON / SATINthorobred scheepjeswol, fashion, design, knitwear, home made, wool, pattern book

Four page knitting pattern booklet. The cover features a colour image of a woman wearing a knitted jumper.front: [printed] THOROBRED / We've fashioned the pleasure of knitting / 1138 / PRICE CODE A / COTTON / SATINthorobred scheepjeswol, fashion, design, knitwear, home made, wool, pattern book

1. Jacket - woollen, red, white collar, long sleeved with white cuffs. Two Rising Sun badges on collars = "AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES". It has epaulettes of same red wool, held with small brass buttons (Aust). It has the rank insignia of a LT.COLONEL. 2. Vest - red wool. Lined with a striped cotton lining. Four miniature brass buttons on lower front. 3. Shirt - cotton. Off white colour. 5 pearl coloured buttons on front, long sleeves. One pocket on breast. 4. Black bow tie with metal clips.post ww2, cmf, passchendaele barracks trust

Black Wool Felt Beret with gilt badge of RAAMC (Royal Australian Army Medical Corps). Black polyester/cotton cloth edging and lining with manufacturer's label. Inside: "Beret Mnfrs. Pty., Ltd. Victoria Australia Size 6 3/4"headgear, beret

Northern District School of Nursing nurse's capeA red unlined cape with collar. Hook and eye at collar front. There are bands applied to outside shoulder of the cape on both sides and constructed with a centre back seam. The cape was worn outside the hospital when walking from accommodation. The accompanying documents are a photo of the original owner and donator of the cape, Vicki Simpkins, and a photo of the graduation group of nurses, 1972, in which Vicki is indicated.There is a white cotton label at rear inside centre collar with 'PURE WOOL' printed in blue and 'W' printed in red. A blue arrow has been added to the graduation photo above Vicki Simpkins' head. The photo of Vicki has the inscription in black pen 'To Mum and Dad with all my love Vicki xx June 1970". At base right of photo is photographer's name 'martin washington'. nurses uniform, northern district school of nursing, cape

The fringed tablecloth is an example of a domestic item brought to Australia by early settlers in the Western District of Victoria as a home comfort.The fringed tablecloth helps tell the story of the arrival of European settlers and the small, light home comforts they brought with them to maintain a meaningful connection to home.Fringed and lined square tablecloth. The front is hand embroidered on brown loose weave fabric, the back a pale yellow polished cotton fabric. The edges on the back have been turned and machine stitched. Hand-stitching has been used to join the top to the back and to add the fringe around the edges. The embroidery uses tapestry wool in cream, yellow, brown and green tones. The style is possibly an example of European folk style embroidery. An inscription on a pink ribbon is sewn onto the reverse.“S F . 31303 OLIVER - - [undecipherable]”flagstaff hill, warrnambool, maritime village, maritime museum, flagstaff hill maritime museum & village, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, tablecloth, fringed tablecloth, embroidered tablecloth, european embroidery, hand sewing, domestic object, handmade, textile, silk thread, geometric design, vintage, long-stitch, zigzag design, decorative, home décor, domestic linen, table linen

A brown cane oval woven sewing basket with a lid which has a pink studded silk lining. It contains - a pair of scissors, a cotton reel, embroidery thread, a bone handled crochet hook, tailors chalk, plastic containers, darning wool, press studs, bias binding, a doily and applique flowers.Crotchet cotton - Coates fast 609 colour Mercer Crotchet 60, 6 Black British Snap press studs - Guaranteed Rustless Size 1 Made in England, Standard darning Wool, Tailor's Chalk - RogeR & Gallet Paris, Scissors 101, 89 on one side of blades and Razor Silver Steel Saranti Forge Nogent france on the other side, Standard darning Wool Co Pty Ltd Stawell, Vic. Australia, steel crotchet hook has an embossed pattern on the handle, Superior Linen Thread No 30, Lindsay Thompson (Threads) Ltd Belfast, black pure flax linen thread 60 750 yards reverse twist.sewing baskets, baskets, sewing equipment

Items in the collection re: "William Anthony (Bill) THEODORE DSM". Refer Cat. No. 7926P for his service record.1. Jumper part of winter ceremonial uniform worn by Recruit to Leading Seaman ranks RAN. Also known as a "Barathea" or jumper. Black colour wool fabric with square collar, V shaped front openings, long sleeves with cuffs and two dark blue colour plastic buttons. One good conduct stripe on left sleeve. Rid ribbon on black fabric. White cotton fabric manufacturers label. 2. Bow attached at bottom of front V - navy blue cotton tape. known as a "bow". Manufacturers Information - black thread embroidery "ESQUIRE PTY LTD / 1940/ size" Owners stamp on underside of Collars - white ink stamp "W. A. Theodore"uniform, ran, ww2, william a theodore

The Orchid Tables were on display as part of the Ten Years of Dowel Jones exhibition at the National Wool Museum in 2024. The exhibition label reads: Sitting just outside this exhibition in the National Wool Museum is a 1910 Axminster Jacquard Carpet Loom. This loom was operating at Brintons factory in Geelong from 1960 to 1975, and then at the Melbourne College of Textiles, until it was donated to the museum. In the 1990's the museum commissioned an exclusive pattern called the Manor House Rug. Based on earlier designs from Brintons UK Persian Rug Archive Library, the museum continues to make this rug through the expertise of Loom Technician Michael Farquhar. The Manor House Rug features a central medallion with floral pattern. Working with illustrator Beci Orpin, and referencing Margaret MacDonald & Angair's book 'Orchids of the Anglesea District', we identified regional orchids. By a process of removal and addition, the original floral medallion was replaced with local species as decorative motif. Ten Year of Dowel Jones presents three altered Manor House Rugs, each with different orchids tufted in wool and placed in the centre of each rug. The rugs have been attached by cotton thread to three table frames at different heights to create the Orchid Tables.Three tables consisting of powder coated steel frames, with a woven carpet top. The table tops are made from wool with a jute backing, and feature a red, green, blue, black and cream floral design with an orchid in the centre. Each table is a different height.dowel jones, ten years of dowel jones, national wool museum, axminster loom, carpet, manor house rug, orchids, anglesea, design, art, furniture, beci orpin, brintons, geelong, melbourne college of textiles

Dress - garment part of Women's Service Dress Uniform. Item issued to "BALAAM" Service No. "F3205719"Dress - light green colour wool/polyester fabric dress with wide collar, front opening with five buttonholes, no buttons, short sleeves with self cuff, two inset front pockets. Pale green colour Rank Insignia - Corporal stripe. Manufacturers label back below collar. White cotton fabric with handwritten information.Manufacturers label - black ink print. "A.G.C.F./ VICTORIA/ 1980/ 8410-66-097-0793/ SIZE 12 AVE HEIGHT/ AV HIP/ 85cm BUST? 65 cm WAIST/ 90 cm HIPS/ LAUNDRY INSTRUCTIONS/ MACHINE/ HAND HOT/ 40c/ HANDWASH/ HAND HOT/ 40c/ USE GOOD QUALITY/ SOAP FLAKES/ COLD RINSE/ SHORT SPIN/ DO NOT WRING/ OR TUMBLE DRY/ DRY CLEANABVLE S or P/ FABRIC/ WOOL/POLYESTER/ NAME/ SERVICE NO." "BALAAM/ F3205719"uniform, women's dress, army, balaam, passchendaele barracks trust

Cardigan - garment part of a Women's service dress uniform. Item issued to "BALAAM" Service No. F320519". Refer also Cat. No. 6916.Cardigan - dark green colour, wool blend ribbed knitwear with front edges and collar. Five button holes, no buttons. Pale green colour rank insignia sewn each upper arm. Two manufacturers labels - inside collar - white cotton fabric with handwritten information.First label - "BROMLEY K/W/ ^ 1981/ DSN 8410-66-097-7813/ SIZE 14/ SERVICE NO./ NAME" Second label - detail cleaning instructions under the headings "Machine wash" and "Hand Wash". Handwritten information - black ink pen. "F3205719/BALAAM".uniform, cardigan, army, balaam, passchendaele barracks trust