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We note Australian boys wearing a wide range of hesdwesar. Until recently they were basically, like fashion in general the same as the headwear worn in England. We note both hats and caps. We have very little information on the 19th century. We know a good bit by the turn-of-the 20th century. And without knowing where the photograpph was taken, it would be hard to destinguish between English and Australian fashions ith one exception. The only clue if the image is a full-length shot is that Australia boys were commonly barefoot. Hats included wide-brimmed sailor hats. and boaters. Notice all the wide-brimmed hats that the younger boys are wearing on the previous page. We also see sun hats which the Australians refer to some as bucket hats. The softer style here was more likely to be called a bucket hat. The primary cap we see Australian boys wearing is the traditioal English school cap, the style also adopted by Cubs. We also see sailor caps. This was fairly common at the turn of the 20th century for younger boys. Many of the cap styles had social-class connotations. This wasespecially true of the sailor styles. We see some flat caps, but school caps were much more common as was the case in England. At the time the only destinctive Australia headwear ws the bush hat, but it wa not one commonkhy worn by boys. Australia is know for the bush hat, a kind of reworking of the American stetson. We first see Austrlian soldiers wearing them in the Bohr War, but more commonly worn in World War I. It became an iconic Austrlian style. I recall a travel company in England that was promting Australia wih these hats and had corks hanging down from them (to keep the flies away). This is not a style, however, we see boys wearing, at least until well after World War II. Girls as in England wore very differet styles. After World War II as a result of American influences, we begin to see baseball caps by the 1960s. Generally the use of headwear declined after World War II. By the end of the century, however, we begin to see sun-safe headwear. The sun in Australian can be very strong during the summer.
Austrlian headwear has varied greatly over time. As far as we can tell, headwear trens until after World War II generally involved British trends. And we see the overall trens from hats to caps. While we have few little 19th century images, we believe that hats dominated headwear in the 19th and early-20th century. After Workld War I in the 1920s caps dominated Australian boys' headwear.
We note Australian boys wearing a wide range of hesdwesar. Until recently they were basically, like fashion in general the same as the headwear worn in England. Just looking at the clothing it is difficult to istuinguish between ustralian and British images, except so many Austraklian boys are barefoot. After World War II we notice American infuences for the first time. We begin to see baseball caps by the 1960s.
Headwear in Austrlia as in England was very common in the 19th century. This continued through the first half of the 20th cntury. Generally the use of headwear declined after World War II. This was prtonounced trend also occuring in Anerica n Europe. By the end of the century, however, we begin to see sun-safe headwear. The sun in Australian can be very strong during the summer.
We note Australian boys wearing both hats and caps. We have very little information on the 19th century. We believe that hats were common. We know a good bit by the turn-of-the 20th century. And without knowing where the photograpph was taken, it would be hard to destinguish between English and Australian fashions ith one exception. The only clue if the image is a full-length shot is that Australia boys were commonly barefoot. Hats included wide-brimmed sailor hats. and boaters. Notice all the wide-brimmed hats that the younger boys are wearing on the previous page. We also see sun hats which the Australians refer to some as bucket hats. The softer style here was more likely to be called a bucket hat. After the eraly-20th century, there was a trend toweard caps. The primary cap we see Australian boys wearing is the traditioal English school cap, the style also adopted by Cubs. We also see sailor caps. This was fairly common at the turn of the 20th century for younger boys. Many of the cap styles had social-class connotations. This wasespecially true of the sailor styles. We see some flat caps, but school caps were much more common as was the case in England.
At the time the only destinctive Australia headwear ws the bush hat, but it wa not one commonkhy worn by boys. Australia is know for the bush hat, a kind of reworking of the American stetson. We first see Austrlian soldiers wearing them in the Bohr War, but more commonly worn in World War I. It became an iconic Austrlian style. I recall a travel company in England that was promting Australia wih these hats and had corks hanging down from them (to keep the flies away). This is not a style, however, we see boys wearing, at least until well after World War II.
Girls as in England wore very differet styles.
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