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  1. Boy's special occasion suit

    1900 - 1904

    Boy's special occasion suit

    Keith Miller's special ocasion suit is of interest because it represents a style of clothing worn by middle class boys for important events at the turn of the twentieth century. It also provides insight into ...

    1900 - 1904

  2. Ada Nash - Wedding Dress

    1928

    Ada Nash - Wedding Dress

    This dress, made by the bride, was very fashionable for the time, reflecting the influence of Coco Chanel who was reponsible for liberating women from corsetry. There are two parts to this dress.  The street length ...

    1928

  3. 1860s Purple Grey Silk Women's Possible ...

    1863 - 1865

    1860s Purple Grey Silk Women's Possible ...

    This purple grey day dress is estimated to originate from approximately 1863-65. It is the only possible half mourning dress in the NIDA Costume Research Collection and it was purchased from the Banana Room in ...

    1863 - 1865

  4. Mary Cameron Murray Parkes wedding ensemble

    1883

    Mary Cameron Murray Parkes wedding ensemble

    This wedding ensemble comprising dress, kid gloves, shoes and orange blossom wreath was worn by Mary Cameron Murray at her wedding on March 21st, 1883 to Varney Parkes, architect, businessman, politician and son of New South Wales Premier and 'Father ...

    1883

  5. Florence Porter's Wedding Dress

    1909 - 1910

    Florence Porter's Wedding Dress

    Florence Porter’s wedding dress is one of the most significant items in the collection at Miss Potter’s House as it marks the marriage of Florence and Herbert as the familial start point of the House ...

    1909 - 1910

  6. Wedding dress worn by Lena Campbell, ...

    1908 - 1909

    Wedding dress worn by Lena Campbell, ...

    This is a historically and socially significant and highly valued garment within the Port Macquarie Historical Society's extensive costume collection. It was made by a local woman Maude Keena (nee Cleaver) and worn by Lena ...

    1908 - 1909

  7. Two-piece wedding dress worn by Martha ...

    1874

    Two-piece wedding dress worn by Martha ...

    Historic Significance Martha Devlin's wedding dress provides an indication of the type of wedding dresses worn by regional women of Martha's social standing in 1874. Unfortunately, little is known of Martha herself, with more having ...

    1874

  8. Pelisse worn by James Somerville

    1880 - 1890

    Pelisse worn by James Somerville

    A Pelisse worn during Victorian times by a male child of about three years of age. Boys of the 19th century wore dresses untill the age of four or five. This style is an outer ...

    1880 - 1890

  9. Striped cotton everyday dress

    1900 - 1910

    Striped cotton everyday dress

    This dress is significant as it is a cotton day dress and such dresses were usually worn everyday until they were only suitable for use as rags. For such a dress to have survived in ...

    1900 - 1910

  10. Black Victorian silk jacquard waistcoat with ...

    1880 - 1885

    Black Victorian silk jacquard waistcoat with ...

    This beautiful and unusual Jacquard is believed to have belonged to Mary Bozzum Kennedy (Hume), a member of the Hume and related pioneering Australian families, or to her daughter, and is a treasured family heirloom. ...

    1880 - 1885

  11. Miss Vere Chamberlain's day dress

    1898 - 1902

    Miss Vere Chamberlain's day dress

    This is a good example of an outfit worn by a comfortably off working class family in regional Australia - the Chamberlain's owned their own house in Armidale - and can give us an insight ...

    1898 - 1902

  12. Margaret Ewin's wedding dress

    1904

    Margaret Ewin's wedding dress

    This bridal gown was worn for a society wedding which brought together two pioneering families, the Ewins and the Kinghams, from the Millthorpe district. Margaret Ewin was 27 when she married James Kingham on July ...

    1904