Slouch hats were first worn by the Victorian Mounted Rifles in 1885. It was originally worn with the right side looped up to make it easier for marching troops to perform the “eyes right” command in parades but as more states adopted the slouch hat, it became more common to wear the left side turned up. The slouch hat was widely worn by Australian soldiers during the Boer War and it was universally adopted for the Australian Army after Federation. It was usually worn with a khaki hatband, known as a puggaree, and a Rising Sun badge on the left-hand side. The word ‘slouch’ refers to the sloping brim. The brim is made from rabbit-fur felt or wool felt and is always worn with a puggaree. The majority of the Australian Army wear the light khaki coloured puggaree, with a unit colour patch sewn on the right side, however, there are slight variations. The seven pleats in the standard puggaree represent each state and one for the Australian Territories.The slouch hat is an object strongly associated with Australian identity.Australian Army standard issue khaki fur felt slouch hat with leather chinstrap, commonly worn as part of a military uniform. Wide-brimmed with snap up latch on left-hand-side. Without Rising Sun badge or unit colour patch. 7 fold/pleat khaki cloth band puggaree around the hat. Dark brown leather sweatband, embossed with a gold stamp identifying manufacture as Akubra, date of manufacture as 1988, size 58, and a broad arrow to signify the hat is owned by the Australian Department of Defence. The slouch hat is also known as a hat KFF, or hat khaki fur felt.headdress

Used by district inspectors assessing the educational standards, buildings and grounds.Report Book Feb 1956 - Oct 1965. Grey covered with dark grey binding, mended with cream binding.

Standard Australian Army issue mess kit consisting of two tinned steel containers each in the form of a rectangular dish. Both have a folding wire handle and are designed so that one dish which is smaller fits inside the larger dish.

Standard Australian Army Vietnam era issue water canteen complete with insulated cover. The canteen is manufactured from a heavy plastic material and the insulated cover is designed to fit tightly over the outside of the canteen. The cover is retained by two press studs.

One of ten standard colour photos taken during 1996 Annual General Meeting of the PMH&PS - Secretary Wendy Morris and city of Port Phillip Curator Joan Winter observe President Glen Cosham unwrapping gift from the lattersocieties clubs unions and other organisations, liana thompson, mayors, don taggart, noel turnbull, jenny turnbull, ingeborg mccullough, denys mccullough, anne callaghan

Two folders of research material for Terry Keenan's "Welcoming the Wounded ANZACS" .01 blue folder - copies of newspaper cutting mentioning the Welcoming Committee (from Port Melbourne Standard) .02 Green transparent folder of Terry's notes, photocopies, cuttingswar - world war i, women, piers and wharves - princes pier, piers and wharves - station pier, women's welcoming committee, catherine suffolk nee humphrey, albert 'joe' budd, annie samson nee anderson

254 p. : plain green cover fictionMurder-mystery.fiction, charles kingston, crime fiction