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  1. Coat dress worn by Mrs Hilda ...

    1931 - 1935

    Coat dress worn by Mrs Hilda ...

    Hilda's dress is of Historic and Aesthetic significance. The pattern of the fabric - featuring both gumnuts and Eucalyptus leaves - is uniquely Australian in both its colours, design and quirky nature. This fabric is ...

    1931 - 1935

  2. Elen Ferguson's Blue Silk Wedding Dress

    1839

    Elen Ferguson's Blue Silk Wedding Dress

    This dress is an example of a working-class wedding dress which may have been used carefully on other occasions as a 'best' dress. It does not appear to have been 'made over' after going out ...

    1839

  3. Regalia Of Lord Carrington

    1888 - 1890

    Regalia Of Lord Carrington

    Lord Carrington was the force that gathered Freemasonry into New South Wales into one cohesive group. At that time he was also Governor of New South Wales. The regalia is a beautiful work of art ...

    1888 - 1890

  4. Day dress made by David Jones ...

    1890 - 1900

    Day dress made by David Jones ...

    This dress is significant as the earliest labelled David Jones outfit in the Powerhouse Museum's collection. It was made by David Jones in Sydney about 1895. Established in 1838, David Jones is the oldest department ...

    1890 - 1900

  5. Queen Victoria's nightdress

    1900 - 1901

    Queen Victoria's nightdress

    This nightdress is significant for its association with the longest reigning British monarch Queen Victoria [1819-1901], Queen of England and Ireland 1837 to 1901. Whilst many souvenirs were produced to mark the reign of Queen ...

    1900 - 1901

  6. Dressing gown worn by Mrs Hazel ...

    1938

    Dressing gown worn by Mrs Hazel ...

    This garment is a charming example of a homemade knitted dressing gown, which, in its colour and fabric is evocative of the interwar period. Although a woollen knitted garment does not immediately call to mind ...

    1938

  7. West family christening robe

    1908 - 1915

    West family christening robe

    The West family christening robe has historic significance as it was first worn in 1908 and has an accompanying photo taken at that time of Mrs. Adeline West holding baby Kathleen. She had a double ...

    1908 - 1915

  8. Ah Bong's silk shirt

    1915 - 1925

    Ah Bong's silk shirt

    A pale blue grey silk Chinese shirt with detachable collar belonging to Mr. Ah Bong, a Chinese man employed by S.M. Abikhair as a hawker to travel around the Albury district selling haberdashery to farms ...

    1915 - 1925

  9. Regimental Jacket worn by Dr. John ...

    1830 - 1836

    Regimental Jacket worn by Dr. John ...

    This regimental dress jacket is significant for its association with the NSW penal colony and with the Sydney convict hospital, also known as the ‘Rum’ hospital in particular. The jacket belonged to Dr John Vaughan ...

    1830 - 1836

  10. Child's 1885 silk dress

    1885

    Child's 1885 silk dress

    This child's purple/blue silk dress features in a photograph of 4 year old Pauline Ries in 1940. The dress was donated to the Albury City Collection by Sister Clare Ries, among several other objects. It ...

    1885

  11. Berlei historic corset

    1885 - 1890

    Berlei historic corset

    This corset is part of the much larger Berlei Collection, which contains underwear and corsetry from 1869 to 1980s. Most of the underwear in the collection was designed and made by Berlei in either Australia ...

    1885 - 1890

  12. Christening gown made by Jane Kaltenbacher

    1882

    Christening gown made by Jane Kaltenbacher

    This christening gown has been used by three generations of the Kaltenbach(er) family from 1882 to 1938. The Kaltenbach family migrated to Australia from England in 1886. It is understood the gown was made by ...

    1882