Curator and historian Laura Jocic presents 'Women and Dress in Rural Australia, 1840s-1860s' As emigrants arrived in the Australian colonies, many prepared themselves for a life on the land. Whether settling as farmers, or heading to the goldfields in the hope of finding their fortune, all had to contend with managing their dress, often in …

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