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Shire of Toodyay > Records

PANTS; ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY UNIFORM

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1951 - 1957

Subcollections

Costume & textiles

Overview

Royal Australian Navy trouser pants, uniform worn by Mr. Ray Edwards between 1951-1957.
Navy blue wool.
Exhibits button fly and button cinch at waist.
Lined with cotton fabric, two pockets at front, two at back.

Historical information

Part of a donation comprising uniform jacket and pants (acc no. 2009.34-35).

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2009.35

Item type

Material

Width

600 mm

Height or length

990 mm

Themes

Contextual Information

The pants are button-up rather than using a fly. As the zip-fly was more common after World War II, these pants may represent the end of a particular clothing period in the Australian Military.

Year

1951

Year End

1957

Statement of significance

The objects being offered for donation do not hold a direct historical link to the town as Mr. Edwards moved to Toodyay in 1989. Despite this it is considered these items would have social significance given Toodyay's strong Returned and Services League community.

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

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