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  1. De Bortoli cream silk 1920s wedding ...

    1928 - 1929

    De Bortoli cream silk 1920s wedding ...

    This cream silk wedding dress was worn by Giuseppina (Pineta) Bisa for her marriage to Vittorio De Bortoli in 1929 at Bilbul, near Griffith, New South Wales. The dress was purchased from a French catalogue ...

    1928 - 1929

  2. Diver's suit and equipment

    1914 - 1952

    Diver's suit and equipment

    This dress and apparatus are representative of the traditional diver's equipment in use from the early 1830s until the 1960s. It is also representative of a past era in the history of oyster farming, an ...

    1914 - 1952

  3. Dress Uniform of New South Wales ...

    1895 - 1903

    Dress Uniform of New South Wales ...

    On 2nd March 1899 a contingent of the 4th Squadron (Lismore-Casino) left Australia for Aldershot England to train with the Imperial Forces for 6 months. While there the Boer War broke out and on the ...

    1895 - 1903

  4. Dress made by Finney Isles & ...

    1905 - 1915

    Dress made by Finney Isles & ...

    This elegant dress with its elaborately decorated bodice and stylish skirt trim was made by Queensland department store, Finney Isles & Co Limited. The store became a limited company in February 1905 which helps to ...

    1905 - 1915

  5. Dress probably worn by Julia Johnston

    1836 - 1840

    Dress probably worn by Julia Johnston

    This dress is an extremely rare and significant example of provenanced early colonial Australian dress. Dating from around 1838, it is believed to have been worn by Julia Johnston, the daughter of Lieutenant George Johnston. ...

    1836 - 1840

  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. Dugald Thomson's blue and cream checked ...

    1830 - 1850

    Dugald Thomson's blue and cream checked ...

    This waistcoat is a provenanced item of men's clothing held by the North Sydney Heritage Centre in its costume and object collection. It is a good example of men's costume. Waistcoats were an integral part ...

    1830 - 1850

  8. Ecclesiastical vestment

    1930 - 1940

    Ecclesiastical vestment

    Little is know of the provenance of this particular garment other than where it was found after the 1955 Maitland Flood, once of the worst natural disasters in Australia in the 20th Century. The object ...

    1930 - 1940

  9. Eddison Family Christening Gown

    1910 - 1911

    Eddison Family Christening Gown

    This exquisitely constructed christening gown is significant because of its well-documented provenance and connection to the Eddison family, a prominent family of the Woden Valley district, Canberra. Walter Eddison was allocated land occupying most of the ...

    1910 - 1911

  10. 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

  11. Ella Porter, Bridesmaid's dress

    1938

    Ella Porter, Bridesmaid's dress

    Weddings are usually important and joyful events, marking a milestone in lives. In the 1930s, the vast majority of young women married, and if they could, they marked it with the traditional rituals of the ...

    1938

  12. Ellen Drew's wedding dress

    1892

    Ellen Drew's wedding dress

    This is the wedding dress of Ellen Mary Bax (nee Drew) when she married Ernest Stephen Bax at the Primitive Methodist church, Mudgee in 1892. A tiny woman, she continued to wear the dress many, many times, most probably as her 'Sunday ...

    1892