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Story: Rural clothing

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Womenswear

  3. Menswear

  4. Hats, footwear and oilskins

  5. Black singlets and bush shirts

  6. Rural fashion

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Womenswear

Pioneer re-enactment

Pioneer re-enactment

Wash day

Wash day

What to bring

What to bring

Biddy of the Buller

Biddy of the Buller

Land girls and Eleanor Roosevelt

Land girls and Eleanor Roosevelt

From page 2 - Menswear

Nelson, 1842

Nelson, 1842

Station hands, 1904

Station hands, 1904

Māori shearers

Māori shearers

How to make moccasins

How to make moccasins

Modern clothing

Modern clothing

From page 3 - Hats, footwear and oilskins

Broad-brimmed hats

Broad-brimmed hats

Nineteenth-century hats

Nineteenth-century hats (1st of 3)

1950s hats

1950s hats (2nd of 3)

1980s hats

1980s hats (3rd of 3)

Oilskins

Oilskins

Southern man poster

Southern man poster

Roadside Stories: Taihape, gumboot capital

Roadside Stories: Taihape, gumboot capital

From page 4 - Black singlets and bush shirts

Shearers in black singlets

Shearers in black singlets

‘The black singlet’

‘The black singlet’ (1st of 4)

Fred Dagg

Fred Dagg (2nd of 4)

Becoming a citizen

Becoming a citizen (3rd of 4)

Bogor

Bogor (4th of 4)

Farmer fencing

Farmer fencing

Swanndri burial

Swanndri burial

Classic Swanndri

Classic Swanndri (1st of 5)

Woolshed wear

Woolshed wear (2nd of 5)

Lace-up front

Lace-up front (3rd of 5)

A crate, an eel and a dog whistle

A crate, an eel and a dog whistle (4th of 5)

Cool store worker

Cool store worker (5th of 5)

From page 5 - Rural fashion

At the dance

At the dance

Dressing up

Dressing up

Country Women’s Institute conference, 1976

Country Women’s Institute conference, 1976

Jerusalem commune, 1971

Jerusalem commune, 1971

How to cite this page:

Bronwyn Labrum, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/rural-clothing/media (accessed 9 February 2023)

Story by Bronwyn Labrum, published 24 Nov 2008

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