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As far as we can tell, Australian pants styles were basically the same as in England, although with provisio made for climate. Heavy winter clothes were not needed. An exception was Tasmania where it was somewhat cooler, but that was a small part of the Australian population. For some time the only major difference we see between Australian and non-winter English clothing was that Australian boys much more commonly went barefoot in the warm Australian weather. We do not have a larger 19th century photographic archive. But we see boys wearing knee pants. We do not see knickers which were common in Britain durung the 19th century, but our archive is too small to make any definative assessment. We do not yet have enough 19th century images to develop any real asessments of trends. We have much more information on the 20th century. We see knee pants in the early-20th century, but rarely knickers. Here we see boys dressed up for a formal occassion, wearing knee pants and long stockings in the early-20th century as was common in England as we can see on the previous page. Other images show younger boys wearing socks rather than long stockings when they dress up. Australiam boys made the transition from knee pants to short pants (1910s). Short pants suits were common, although Australian boys tended to dress more informally than their British counterparts. Short pants were virtually universal in the inter-war era, often worn with knee socks. This included suits when the boys dressed up. And we mostlty see boys wearing short pants into the post-World War II era. We begin to see more boys wearing long pants by the 1970s, but short pants continued to be common, especially for schoolwear. Shorts as in Britain and in Anerica increasingly became casual wear. As in Europe we see Australian styles converging with pan-European styles by the end of the century, imcluding long baggy shorts.
As far as we can tell, Australian pants styles were basically the same as in England, although with provisio made for climate. Heavy winter clothes were not needed. An exception was Tasmania where it was somewhat cooler, but that was a small part of the Australian population. While we only have a few 19th century images, the images we have found basically show Australian boys wearing English styles. For some time the only major difference we see between Australian and non-winter English clothing was that Australian boys much more commonly went barefoot in the warm Australian weather. We do not have a large 19th century Australian photographic archive. But we see boys wearing knee pants. We do not see knickers which were common in Britain durung the 19th century, but our archive is too small to make any definative assessment. We do not yet have enough 19th century images to develop any real asessments of trends.
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We have much more information on the 20th century. We see knee pants in the early-20th century, but rarely knickers. Here we see boys dressed up for a formal occassion, wearing knee pants and long stockings in the early-20th century as was common in England as we can see on the previous page. Other images show younger boys wearing socks rather than long stockings when they dress up. Australiam boys made the transition from knee pants to short pants (1910s). Short pants suits were common, although Australian boys tended to dress more informally than their British counterparts. Short pants were virtually universal in the inter-war era, often worn with knee socks. This included suits when the boys dressed up. And we mostlty see boys wearing short pants into the post-World War II era. We begin to see more boys wearing long pants by the 1970s, but short pants continued to be common, especially for schoolrar. Shorts as in Britain and in Anerica increasingly became casual wear. As in Europe we see Australian styles converging with pan-European styles by the end of the centurym includung long baggy shorts.
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