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Woolshed wear

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Woolshed wear

A Swanndri bush shirt, gumboots, and frayed, weather-beaten oilskin hat make up the ensemble of this rural worker. Practicality rather than appearance is the primary consideration in rural wear.

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Bronwyn Labrum, Rural clothing – Black singlets and bush shirts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18530/woolshed-wear (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bronwyn Labrum, published 1 March 2009.