Part 2 The role of dress in colonial Australian society - Dr Laura Jocic

Wednesday, 1 April 2026 - 6:00pm to 6:30pm
Robert Dighton (1752-1814), Philip Gidley and Anna Josepha King, and their children Elizabeth, Anna Maria and Phillip Parker, 1799, watercolour. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

The role of dress in colonial Australian society - Dr Laura Jocic discusses the research methodology that was used to study the role of dress and the process of historical interpretation of clothing