An excellent example of Australian ladies fashion of the time.Exceptional two piece dress with fitted and boned bodice and bustle skirt and train. Bodice features many panels and internal whaleboning with cotton lining. Waist tape to secure. Pointed waistband to the exterior, trimmed in panels of velvet and lace inserts. Pleated sleeves and high, stand up collar with white cotton insert. Row of metal hooks and eyes to secure at the centre front, covered with a row of small metal and enamel buttons with butterfly design (all present) and hand finished button holes. Another row of hooks and eyes over the top. Skirt is full with the gathers focused on the centre back with a row of cartridge pleats and metal hooks and eyes to secure at the waist. Row of cotton tape sits under the hips to be gathered into the desired fullness. Ornamental panels of velvet provide a faux wrap styling to the front. Underskirt of silk faille with a box pleated trim to the hem. Underneath is a third hem finished in a row of white cambric and lace trim. Train falls from the waist and displays the same hem treatments as the dress. The dress has been mostly machine sewn but with large amounts of hand sewn finishing.none

One piece swimsuit with sweetheart neckline and cross over straps at the back. Sweet little metal bow buckles to adjust the straps. Jantzen Made in Australia

3 x Hair dryers, curlers (hot rollers, curling wand) (1960's)ladies, hair dryers, curling wand, hot rollers

Blue leather sandals with blue & white striped straps in "thong shape"Sara. 6. Made by Irco. (two palm tree drawings)shoes, footwear, sandals, ladies, thongs

This compact was owned by Rose Alice Normington, nee Lupton. She was born in Roto, NSW in 1880 and moved to Victoria with her parents and siblings when she was five years old. They settled in Barker's Creek via Castlemaine. In 1899 Rose married Maurice Normington Jnr who also lived in Barker's Creek. They had six daughters and one son. Rose Normington died in 1966. Information provided by Pam Strijder 2017 - granddaughter of Rose Normington. I think this compact would originate from early in the twentieth century, based on the fact that it contains a zipper.This compact is an example of a high-quality compact which it is thought would be widely owned by ladies early in the twentieth century.Round, black leather lady's powder compact with embroidered top. Zipper on side. Nilcompact

Yields information about the way the trams were used in Ballarat by ladies undertaking their shopping, their clothes and the condition of the trams, reflection in the paintworkBlack and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of Shoppers boarding No. 35, Sturt & Lydiard St corner, following a tram strike. Photo taken 11/02/1966, published 12/02/1966. No. 35 has an "Electric Cooking Serves you best" roof advertisement and has a Sebastopol destination. The lady shoppers (passengers) are carrying their shopping in baskets and are dressed in summer clothes. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, sturt st, strike, passengers, shoppers, tram 35

Yields information about the use of the trams in Bridge St - the major shopping strip at the time in Ballarat, shows the nature of the strip, the passengers (all ladies) and the motor cars in use at the time.Black and white print of No. 28, picking up four lady passengers at the junction in Bridge St, Stones Corner. Tram has the destination of Victoria St. Photo taken late 1960's, early 1970's. In the photo are the Bank of NSW buildings, Gear Chemist and Hotel on the Corner of Peel and Bridge Sts. Print and photo by John Phillips. Second copy added 13/4/2009 - see history .1 - Black and White photograph mounted on heavy cardboard backing, used for display purposes. On rear of second print - "Copyright John Phillips 1968 Bridge St" and in bottom right hand corner "William Scott" and address label.tramways, trams, bridge st, stones corner, passengers, tram 28

Yields information about Bendigo trams, ladies fashions in the late 1950's.Black and white print of Bendigo Trust 25 at the depot. Two copies. Photo by Doug Colquhoun, 25/1/1978. The tram is in the Bendigo Trust "Talking Tram" livery, with two Roof Advertisements "Gas the Good Flame" and Myers/ Tram has the destination of "Special" Photo print courtesy of Port Dock Railway Museum, now the National Railway Museum. See worksheet 4311 for letter and details of prints sent to Bill Scott, 19/10/2001. Any photo credit to mention NRM Collection.On rear of copy 1 "Bendigo Tramways / 25 / Depot / 25/1/1978 6529 / D.A. Colquhoun" . Copy 2 in ink "DAC" in the bottom right hand corner.trams, tramways, bendigo trust, depot, tram 25

This skirt was probably worn of a daytime by a farmer's wife in the Timboon area early in the 20th Century.This long rust brown taffeta circular skirt is faded, worn and torn. It has 13 rows of machine stitching around bottom, 24cms from edge. It has an elastic waist and short zip at back of waist.clothing, women, needlecraft, skirt, early settlement, timboon

Buff coloured plan showing Baths and other buildings at Bath Corner Sandhurst. Scale 50 Links to an Inch. Plan area Charing Cross, Mitchell Street and Bath Lane. Plan has bearings on it. Signed by G R B Steane, City Surveyor, 29th July 1879.place, building, commercial, plan of bath corner sandhurst 1879, charing cross, ladies' bath, g r b steane

Three page Golden Square R.S.L. Womens Auxiliary Annual Report. Mrs O Goddard was President, Mesdames McIvor and C. Rowe Vice Pres. And Mrs J. Swatton Hon Sec and Treasurer. Report refers to their activities during the year and at the end it mentions if they cease to function.clubs, social, r.s.l. womens auxiliary, r.s.l. bendigo collection - golden square r.s.l. womens auxiliary annual report, mrs o goddard, mrs mcivor, mrs c rowe, mrs j swatton, mrs s hall, st marks ladies guild, salvation army home league, sir dallas & lady brooks, mrs hollis

Bendigo R.S.L. News Volume 1, Number 3 Christmas-New Year Issue. Red, blue, yellow and gold badge on the front cover. Contains advertisements from local businesses, Bendigo R.S.L. Office Bearers 1960, news, notes from Clubs, an article titled 'When the Japs Broke Out at Cowra' and a short obituary of Sir Horace Robertson.A Wicks Knott Publication, Printed by Southdown Press, 33 Rosslyn Street, West Melbourne.magazine, organization, bendigo rsl, r.s.l. bendigo collection - bendigo r.s.l. news vol. 1 no. 3, ashmans dry cleaners, h q radio service, f c straub, hampel furniture products, pierce grenfell, ron meurer, h w snell, axedale quarries, a l & k stringer, excavations, al & b g pearce, w mcculloch & co, bendigo motor co, m g taylor, fair-view upholsterers, alwyn nelson, northern terrazzo co, l fawssett & co, bendigo sub-branch r.s.s, &, a.i.l.a., col j w swatton, h a w morey, s thompson, g j baker, j k barnes, a c harridge, j harrison, t h hume, w h pinder, d e mcgregor, f e schilling, g g styles, c vaughan, j e fay, geo j baker, a v palmer, n mclaren young, e m vains & co, g e h rowell, a v & l e smith, j r palmers, graham lowe refrigeration service, a w pulfer motors, b r burns, vic palmer, golden square dry cleaners, j w carter & sons, alltyre service pty ltd, ian wills, bill nicholls jack watts, the robyn, a g power, leo a hughes, bendigo manchester house, frank wilson, hesse bros, frank bouchier, your typewriter sales and service, tom heenan, win patten, bendigo legacy, r wilson, w e p carruthers, antonian café, kairn's auto-bits, cohns, jeffreys bread, 4th armoured regt social club, g e baldwin, bendigo & district ex-p.o.w. social club, w hargreaves, d gregor, bendigo r.s.l. ladies auxiliary, mrs h morey, mrs p floyd, mrs w hocking, mrs h sims, mrs t hall, rsl women's council of victoria, mr & mrsa kersting, w coates, a bolitho, w hocking, n mcivor, perretts, martin washington, e a bennett pty ltd, john burgoyne, 38th battalion (a.i.f.) social club, j plim c findlay, ex-navelmen's club, t staley, airforce association, a stevens, t grimes, rats of tobruk association, j ferguson, catholic war veterans' association, j noonan, t coppock, dads' association, w murphy, bendigo legacy club, win patten, t h iser, t h runnalls, legacy house, 105 anti-tank regiment social club, alwyn nelson, laurie townsing, bendigo repatriation local committee, v w hosking, w rex porter, g a pethard, f t dunphy, l m porter, e h duus, lt col thomas waitson williams dso, ric coulson, r ball & son, lorraine florist, neol searle pty ltd, bendigo and district t & p i social club, e j taylor, t wellins, w phelan, g keily, l boyd, t tuddenham, e butler, g armstrong, geo j baker, easter fair society, bendigo agricultural society, 6th battalion (a.i.f.) social club, f t dunphy, w green, r c wright, bendigo showgrounds r.a.a.o.c. camp club, j j davies, e p perrett, t g heenan, w rex porter, fred coulson, harry hall, alan bath, tom hume, ted commons, geo h baker, percy floyd, stan hunter, joe wagland, railway sub-section r.s.l., g brown, don chalmer pty ltd, bendigo timber co pty ltd, g p hyett, a w comber, w nichols, maurice f noonan, allans walk delicatessen, r b webb, jack l lyons, perrow, s paints, t c sheers, provincial motors (bendigo) pty ltd, banjo paterson, will ogilvey, ben hall, joe gardiner, major bob ramsay mc, 53rd batt., major e v timms, ww1, 2nd a.i.f., f m carson, tooranie house, brian abe, p e dunstan, a lam sun, don murray, windermere hotel, bendigo disposals, frank a hill & co, fitzpatrick's, sandhurst dairies pty ltd, m williamson, george symon's dairy, w h oakley, sir horace robertson, british commonwealth occupation forces, australian light horse, state savings bank, royal military college, golden fleece service station, j w williams, tomlins simmie pty ltd, clark king & co pty ltd, mckenna's modern store, bryan mckenna, wicks knott publication, southdown press

Typed time table for the R.S.L. Victory Ball held at the Town Hall, Bendigo on Tuesday 21st August, 1951. Signed by J. W. Swatton, Hon. Secretary Ball Committee.J.W. Swatton, Secretary.event, social, victory ball, r.s.l. bendigo collection - time table for r.s.l. victory ball 1951, mr f e jackson, sir george lansell, lt general wells & mrs wells, mrs oliver, mrs j w swatton, mrs f e jackson, cr oliver, rsl ladies auxiliary, parma dance club, mr wright, mr little, mr w lamers, mr waters, mr green, mr barton, mr palmer, mr edgar, mr orchard

Three copies of the Anzac Day Commemoration Ceremony. The 1959 and 1960 copies have a photo of the Cenotaph on the back and were printed by Arthur Hocking, Printer. All copies have a copy of the R.S.L. badge on the front. The Order of Ceremony and names of dignitaries are mentioned on all copies. Copies are from the years 1959, 1960 & 1963.memorials, cenotaph, bendigo war monument, r.s.l. bendigo collection - anzac day program 1959 - 1960 & 1963, lt-col l j lockwood, ahq survey regiment, col j w swatton, g f osborne, 38th battalion band, lieut-col h w snell, lt-col e p robinson, 38th infantry battalion, cenotaph, bendigo war memorial, max o'halloran, j t sullivan, e bailie, g wheeler, w e p carruthers, j barnes, r wood, e commins, h pinder, a henderson, w frewin, s j ryan, c vaughan, j wood, d scholes, s peterson, j fay, 6th r.a.a.s.c., 6th royal aust army service corp band, laurence binyon, hon n l beaton mhr, the hon l w galvin mla, hon t h grigg mlc, cr r a rae, colonel f d buckland, survey regiment, colonel i barr, ex-servicemen's organisations, bendigo nurses' associations, victorian police force, supt a carruthers, the bendigo fire brigade, ambulance services, red cross, war widows and ladies auxiliaries of ex-servicemen's associations, strathfieldsaye huntly marong & maldon shires, arthur hocking printer

Black & white photograph, Bert Graham Collection, a young female standing beside a young girl who is seated, both holding trophies that have been presented th each of them.bendigo, clubs, bendigo east swimming club

Emma Thomas Collection: Items were owned by Emma Courtis, nee Thomas. Family lived in Hamelin St, White Hills. Clothing items possibly made by Emma or a local person in White Hills area and used around 1890s. Emma's family include Elizabeth Penrose (mother), Solomon Thomas (father), and Richard Courtis, a blacksmith (her husband).Black jacket is handmade with a heavy cotton lining. Collar and hem of the garment are lined with black velvet. Sleeve hems also lined with a band of black velvet. Hock and eye fasteners provide centre closing. Twelve small, black buttons (decorative) have been sewn vertically along the centre panel from collar to hem. Boning has been inserted into both of the side seams to shape the jacket. Darts, with decorative stitching, have also been used to tailor the front of the jacket around the centre closure panels (Three darts on either side of the centre closure panels). A central seam runs through the jacket back which ends in a "scalloped" shape.emma thomas, emma courtis, clothing, jacket

Watermelon pink hat made from faux fur fabric. The band is a wide lighter pink ribbon tied at the back and hand stitched to the crown. Synthetic fabric lining inside. Hand stitching presents as the hat being hand made from a purchased hat base.hat, millinery

Lady's hat made from light pink straw like synthetic fabric with a matching pink ribbon around the crown. The band is tied in a bow with a decorative silver clasp stitched onto the band. Hand stitching presents as the hat being hand made. Black chin elasticattached.hat, millinery

Lady's hat made from cream coloured straw like synthetic fabric with a matching cream ribbon around the crown. The band is tied in a bow with a decorative faux pearl clasp stitched onto the band. Hand stitching presents as the hat being hand made. Black chin elastic attached.hat, millinery

Yellow summer straw hat with a cream ribbon around the crown. The band is tied in a bow. White cord has been machine stitched around the edge of the brim. Unlined.hat, millinery, straw hat

Black silk satin vest with centre front opening. Fishnet fabric sides/sleeves. Mandarin collar. The vest is lined with cotton fabric with stiffened interfacing. There are two black lace extensions at centre front. The front and back are covered with intricate embroidery with black and gold beading. There are hook and eye fasteners at the front.vest, beading

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956. These Games were the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania, as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America. Scarf produced as a souvenir for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Ivory coloured synthetic fabric scarf. Flags from competing nations are arranged in two circles. In the top LH corner and lower Rh corner are are symbols of the Olympic torch and rings, with lettering "XVIth Olympiad Melbourne 1956". The five Olympic rings are placed in the lower LH corner and the top RH corner.1956 olympics, scarf

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in June 1956. These Games were the first to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere and Oceania, as well as the first to be held outside Europe and North America. Handkerchief produced as a souvenir for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Synthetic fabric. The handkerchief s bordered in red thread and divided into four squares of contrasting colours. 1. A table of main events and ceremonies, Olympic rings and symbol. 2. Map of Australia (green) with an Olympic torch and kangaroos in each corner. 3 An image of the main stadium. caption "AUSTRALIA" in white on a green background. 4. Map of Melbourne in red with connecting road and rail links to other parts of Victoria. 1956 olympics, handkerchief

Original photograph by Rose Series Postcard P1711 with the original image held by the State Library of Victoria. Edited by Richard Conn. Purchased by the Museum.Provides information about the appearance of Bridge St during the 1920's, shows the tram tracks and overhead. Has in the view a number of road signs, shops, Super Spirit, Shell, Junction Service Station, motor vehicles, cyclists, Bon Marche, ladies with prams, a post box and Page's Bucks Head Hotel.Black & White copy photograph view A4 size, titled "Ballarat looking east along Bridge St from Grenville St c1920s", from a Rose Series Postcard, P1711. Original image held by the State Library of Victoria.ballarat, grenville st, bucks head hotel, bridge st, road signs, bon marche, tramways

Set of three books or booklets - all featuring an image of a plate on a table cloth with a knife and fork on either side. 1 - Cooking for Business Girls - 24 pages 2 - Cold start oven cooking - 14 pages 3 - Electric Frypan cooking - 20 pagesnon-fictionProvides a series of recipe and potential dinner menus. Prepared by the home advisory service of the SECV. The SEC promoted electric cooking on Ballarat tramcars using large roof advertisements.secv, power supply, tramcars, cookbooks, recipe books, home advisory

Wirebound booklet, 80 pages, approx A5 size, titled "Electric Cooking Recipes" Prepared by the SECV November 1955.non-fictionProvides a series of recipe and potential dinner menus. Prepared by the home advisory service of the SECV. The SEC promoted electric cooking on Ballarat tramcars using large roof advertisements. The lady in the photo could be Margaret Fulton, a well known cook.secv, power supply, tramcars, cookbooks, recipe books, home advisory

Hat pins were used for decoration and for fastening a woman's hat securely to her hair. They became a popular and important clothing accessory in the late Victorian era and the beginning of the 20th century.Two packets of tempered steel hat pins containing 4 9 inch pins.The Queen sarbon brandladies' fashion, costume accessories, sarbon brand, hat pin, hatpin, natimuk

AHS original, local collectionBlack fabric fan with white painted floral patternnatimuk, ladies' fashion, costume accessories

AHS original, local collectionWhite lace patternnatimuk, ladies' fashion, costume accessories, fan

The extensive fashion and design collection of the Kew Historical Society has been assembled over a number of decades. One subsection of this collection is shoes, designed and manufactured for Australian women by Australian and European designers. Many of the shoes, while often mass-produced, were generally constructed by skilled artisans using traditional shoe-making techniques. The shoes date from the 1890s to the 1980s. Footrest Shoes were manufactured in High Street Preston, on the west side not far up from Dundas Street, but well before Bell St. Preston is a suburb of Melbourne.Pair of dark green leather women’s court shoes with a green fabric bow at the front, manufactured by Footrest, Australia.Footrest, Australia. Made by Footrest /Leather Uppers Linings & Soleswomen's shoes, footrest shoes, footwear, ladies footwear