In elaborate white dresses, with filmy veils, happy brides smile at the world in countless photographs. But where did the many ‘traditions’ of the wedding day come from, and did the bride always wear white? Join Margaret Anderson as she looks at the history of weddings and the wedding dress in Victoria, with some surprising […]
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A black papier-mâché sewing box, now on display in the Old Treasury Building’s ‘Belongings’ exhibition, would once have been both commonplace in and essential for many homes. This box and others like it – filled with needles and threads, thimbles and scissors, ribbons and buttons – helped women to create new looks from old clothes. Conscious […]
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The next installment in the seminar series from Deakin University, Australian Catholic University and Old Treasury! ‘Material Histories’ presents new scholarship from a wide range of speakers, all united by their passion for objects! First speaker: Batavia and the personification of hope with Corioli Souter This cordon pulle, or jug, is reconstructed from sherds collected from Batavia (1629), which was […]
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