During the 1960s, youth rose to wield enormous cultural and economic power, and youthfulness itself became a fashionable ideal and commodity. Drawn from research for a PhD project entitled The Power of a Miniskirt, this presentation by Pauline Hastings links the demise of Australia’s clothing manufacturing to the ‘younging’ of both society and culture. The […]

Charles Troedel (1835–1906) was a master printer and lithographer, and the face behind the production of most of Australia’s early advertising posters, product labels, and other print ephemera, as well as the iconic Melbourne Album. 'Printed on Stone' with Amanda Scardamaglia examines how the print technology of lithography shaped the development of the intellectual property […]