Ann Austin of Melbourne was the name of a Melbourne millinery house. Thelma Prentice was one of the partners in the house, and the chief designer/milliner. Very little information about the millinery house and the milliner are available online but there is an interesting article, published in the Brisbane Courier Mail on 8 October 1949 which describes the influence of French style on fashion and design in Australia. The article by Lucy Gough recounts the views of Thelma Prentice who had just returned from the Paris fashion shows. "Australian millinery toes line with Paris From LUCY GOUGH LONDON, October 7 (Special) Australian hats can compare very favourably with those designed in Paris, and are considerably cheaper, says Miss Thelma Prentice, partner in a well-known Melbourne millinery firm, who has just completed six months' visit to England and the Continent. An ordinary hat, Miss Prentice said, would cost at least £15 from any of the top Paris houses. Australia could achieve the same effect for a lot less money. Miss Prentice went to all the Important dress shows as well as the millinery houses in Paris, because she believes that millinery is an accessory to fashion and to obtain the best idea of new trends hats must be shown with frocks to get a complete follow-through and tie-up between the two. At their packed shows, with standing room only, Path and Dior were selling hats they designed, faster than many well known Paris millinery houses, Fath's favourite line was the becoming 'wing treatment,' which he achieved by a profile flattering side swing of material jutting out almost 10 inches from the face. This was completely different to the side drape already seen in Australia. Dior, as a direct contrast, was specialising in skull hats, which almost followed the hair line, to show very little hair at the back of the head. His cocktail hats were heavily sequinned and beaded. Every model was designed exclusively for short hair, and Miss Prentice, whose own hair is beautifully short cut by a Paris hairdresser, said that French mannequins' hair was so abbreviated at the back it was almost a semi-shingle. Hats generally she found were plain, with sharply angled self trimming, and black one of the most popular colours." The hat was donated by Kathleen Gervasoni, a resident of Kew, and during the 1970s a Mayoress of the former City of Kew. The Kew Historical Society’s fashion and design collection is comprised of costumes, hats, shoes and personal accessories. Many of these items were purchased or handmade in Victoria; some locally in Kew. The extensive hat collection comprises items dating from the 1860s to the 1970s. While most of the hats in the collection were created by milliners for women, there are a number of early and important men’s hats in the collection. The headwear collection is particularly significant in that it includes the work of notable Australian and international milliners.High crowned hat made of burgundy felt with decorative pink jersey turban folds attached to the side by clusters of pink beads. The hat was designed by Thelma Prentice of the ' Austin of Melbourne' millinery house. Label, inside centre crown, woven in black on white polyester: *ann austin / OF MELBOURNEmilliners, hats, ann austin of melbourne, thelma prentice, australian fashion - 1960s, kathleen gervasoni

1999 to 2001 worn by male and female flight attendants.DNavy Blue wool-felt wide brimmed hostess hat. Fedora style. Navy grosgrain ribbon trim bordered with yellow piping. Decorative tuck on front of trim and twist detail on back. Dent in crown. Black grosgrain sweatband. 15mm White label with WEISS Australia. Faded name ALISON (?) on manufacturers label. White label with WEISS Australia. uniform, hat, hostess, stewardess, flight attendants, navy blue, steward, weiss, wool felt

Worn by male & female flight attendants 1999 - 2001Navy-blue wool-felt wide-brimmed hostess hat. Navy grosgrain ribbon trim bordered with yellow piping. Decorative tuck on front of trim & twist detail on back. Dent in crown. Black grosgrain sweatband. White maker's label with black print - "Weiss Australia". Faded blue biro with owner's initials (possibly SAR?or SPR?). 15mm round white label under sweatband with black upper-case lettering "SEP".White maker's label with black print "Weiss Australia". Faded blue biro with owner's initials (possibly SAR? or SPR?). 15mm round white sticker under sweatband with black upper-case lettering "SEP"flight attendants, stewardess / steward, navy blue fedora, yellow piping, 1999 - 2001, wool felt, weiss australia

"This craft is made by an Eskimo Artisan, living in the Arctic and as such is guaranteed by the Federated Co-operatives of New Quebec which is officially recognized by the Government of Canada and by the Government of the Province of Quebec.Black wool applique quilt with white, blanket stitch edging. Applique motifs of indigenous animals and artefacts in white, beige , green and blue wool.First Nation Arctic Inuit ( then Eskimo ) lettering under each motif. Label attached "Artisanat" Artisan : Muia Kingalik # 6887wool, felt

Australian Army Issued Slouch Hat.Brown woollen fur felt hat. Pale brown material wrapped around outside of rim. Gold clip attaching left side of hat to crown. Gold colour Rising Sun Emblem on left side but not official Army Emblem. Inside size 61, makers label, cleaning instructions. Black leather rim sewn on the inside of crown.Inside "100% fine wool felt" "Made in Australia" "Size 61" .uniform, slouch hat, army

Balzer - AJAX Vic, navy w gold trim & spare pocket. Wool feltmaccabi senior carnival

Green wool felt pennant with stitched side seam and white cotton tape tie sewn in seam.Front: JEPARIT / VIC. / SIR ROBERT MENZIES PARK Back: Lake Hindmarsh / JEPARIT / VIC.jeparit, victoria

Navy wool felt VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers pennant: Girls A.Grade, 1964gala or award function, table tennis

Light blue wool felt beret with adjustable black ribbon headband. Pinned to the front is a silver metal badge.Badge has a Queen's crown, two crossed swords, flying bird and the word "Vigilance"royal australian air force, uniform, 161 reconnaissance flight

Navy wool felt VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers pennant: Women's A Grade 1960, Hakoahgala or award function, table tennis, hakoah

Navy wool felt VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers pennant: Women's A Grade 1961, Hakoahgala or award function, table tennis, hakoah

Navy wool felt VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers pennant: Boys A.Grade, 1966 Autumngala or award function, table tennis

Light blue wool felt beret with adjustable black ribbon headband. Pinned to the front is a gold/silver metal badge.Badge has Queen's crown, Insignia 'RAEME", horse chained to globeroyal australian air force, uniform, 161 reconnaissance flight

Navy wool felt VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers pennant: Junior B Grade, 1963 Summergala or award function, table tennis

Navy wool felt VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers pennant: Junior D Grade, 1963 Summergala or award function, table tennis

Navy wool felt VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers pennant: Junior Boys C Grade, 1963gala or award function, table tennis

Navy wool felt VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers pennant: Junior Girls B Grade, 1965gala or award function, table tennis

Navy wool felt VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers pennant: Grade W.C.1, 1967 Hakoahgala or award function, table tennis, hakoah

Navy wool felt pennant VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers 1989: A2 Grade Summer, Caulfieldgala or award function, table tennis

Navy wool felt pennant VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers 1989: C3 Grade Summer, Caulfieldgala or award function, table tennis

Navy wool felt pennant VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers 1989: C1 Spring, Caulfield Maccabigala or award function, table tennis

Navy wool felt VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers pennant: Girls B Grade 1967, Hakoah Autumngala or award function, table tennis, hakoah

Navy wool felt pennant VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers 1989: C Grade Summer, AJAX Maccabigala or award function, table tennis, ajax

Navy wool felt pennant VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) Premiers 1989: A3 Grade Spring, Caulfield Maccabigala or award function, table tennis

Artist Alison Withers work DIY Deluge Design No. 5 was awarded Expressions: The Wool Quilt Acquisitive Award in 2023. Works were received from across Australasia and internationally from some of quilting’s most highly regarded and awarded artists. Finalists work was displayed at Art Quilt Australia 2023 presented by Ozquilt Network and the National Wool Museum from 12 August to 12 November 2023. Artist Statement: It's clear we need to adapt the anatomy of our human spaces to become more resilient to the increasingly unavoidable impacts of climate change. Made by piecing, applique and free machine stitching, using industrial felt, hand dyed merino felt, woollen suiting, cotton fabric, wool theatre curtain backing and cotton and polyester thread.Rectangular portrait orientated art quilt depicting an environmental scene including boats, lights, elevated buildings, plants and birds on a background of shades of cream, blue and grey. A baton is sewn into the back at the bottom.Back: DIY Deluge Design No.5 / Alison Withersquilt, ozquilt network, prize, wool, art, felt, piecing, applique

For the First Peoples of south-eastern Australia, making possum skin cloaks has long been a culturally important practice. But during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, possums and other native animals were also heavily hunted by white colonists who coveted their warm and fashionable furs. This rug, made from fifteen possum pelts, was used in a Brighton home during cold winter months in the 1920s.Possum skin rug made from 15 rectangular cut pelts mounted onto a brown wool felt with cut scalloped edges. possum skin, rug, fur, 1920s

Years are guessed by Rachel KalmanNavy wool felt jacket, lined, AJAX gold embroidered Magen David with V on pocket. Metal buttons embossed with Commonwealth on jacket and sleevesmaccabi senior carnival, ajax

Navy wool felt pennant VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association) - A4 Grade Summer St. Kilda Maccabi - 3 copies totalgala or award function, table tennis

Navy wool felt pennants VTTA (Victorian Table Tennis Association): B1 Grade Spring St. Kilda Maccabi - 2 copies in totalgala or award function, table tennis