What are the benefits of being an ADR contributor?
The Australian Dress Register is a collaborative online project about dress collections with Australian provenance, pre 1975,
that are scattered throughout the country and around the world. This includes men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, ranging
from the special occasions to the everyday.
Museums and private collectors are encouraged to research their garments and share the stories and photographs while the
information is still available and within living memory. The Register encourages people to consider their collections very
broadly and share what they know about members of their community, what they wore and life in the past. This provides access
to a world wide audience while keeping their garments in their relevant location.
Benefits for the organisations who participate include discovery and recognition of the significance of their collections, training and skills development in the care and documentation of dress and museum best practice, as well as providing corroborating support for grant and funding applications.
The site and its extensive resources provides a valuable forum for discussion within the museum community. The potential audience includes students and teachers from a variety of disciplines, museums and local communities, family and regional historians, theatre/film industry, designers, clothing and textile manufacturers, shoemakers, costumiers, milliners, embroiderers, lace makers, artists, academics and other researchers.
How to be a contributor:
If you have a significant example of Australian dress (pre 1975) we encourage you to become a contributor to the Australian Dress Register.
To do this, please apply for a log-in.
Copyright:
The Australian Dress Register is under the Creative Commons licence (CC-BY-NC). Images and record information will be used for
non-commercial, educational purposes only. For more information on copyright, see the Terms and Conditions statement when you apply
for a log-in.
- Albury Library Museum
- Address: PO Box 323 Albury NSW 2640
- Phone number: 02 6023 8333
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- Alstonville Plateau Historical Society Inc
- Address: PO Box 65 Alstonville. NSW 2477
- Phone number: 02 6628 5597
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- Armidale Folk Museum
- Address: Cnr Faulkner & Rusden St Armidale 2350
- Phone number: 6770 3536
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- Australian History Museum Macquarie University
- Address: Building W6A Macquarie University North Ryde NSW 2109
- Phone number: 02 8508870
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- Australian National Maritime Museum
- Address: GPO Box 5131 Sydney NSW 2001
- Phone number: 02 9298 3777
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- Bathurst District Historical Society
- Address: PO Box 237 Bathurst 2795
- Phone number: (02) 6332 4755
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- Broken Hill Migrant Heritage Committee (Inc)
- Address: 18 Brooks St Broken Hill NSW 2880
- Phone number: 08 8087 4609
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- Brunswick Valley Historical Society
- Address: 7 Park Street Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
- Phone number: (02) 6685 1003
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- Camden Historical Society
- Address: 40 John Street Camden
- Phone number: 02 46553400
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- Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery and Museum
- Address: Locked Bag 155 Coffs Harbour NSW 2450
- Phone number: (02) 6648 4860
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- De Bortoli Family
- Address: De Bortoli Road, Bilbul 2680
- Phone number: (02) 69660100
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- Dungog Historical Society Inc
- Address: PO Box 3 Dungog NSW 2420
- Phone number: (02) 4992 2094
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- Evans Head Living Museum Inc.
- Address: PO Box 145
- Phone number: (02) 6682 6410
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- Fassifern District Historical Society
- Address: Boonah-Fassifern Road Boonah 4310
- Phone number: 07 5463 1970
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- Gilgandra Museum and Historical Society
- Address: PO Box 247 Gilgandra NSW 2827
- Phone number: (02) 6847 0806
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- Glen Innes & District Historical Society
- Address: Cnr West Ave & Ferguson St Glen Innes
- Phone number: (02) 6732 1035
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- Grenfell Historical Society
- Address: PO Box 54 Grenfell NSW 2810
- Phone number: (02) 6343 1930
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- Griffith Pioneer Park Museum
- Address: P.O. Box 1035 Griffith NSW 2680
- Phone number: 02 6962 4196
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- Hills Historical Society
- Address: PO Box 48, Castle Hill 1765
- Phone number: (02) 94847984
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- Illawarra Historical Society
- Address: PO Box 241 Wollongong NSW 2520
- Phone number: 02 4228 7770
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- Lady Denman Maritime Museum
- Address: PO Box 123 Huskisson NSW 2540
- Phone number: 02 4441 5675
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- Lake Glenbawn State Park Trust
- Address: Glenbawn Rd, SCONE, NSW 2337
- Phone number: 02 6543 7193
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- Manly Museum and Art Gallery
- Address: Reserve St Seaforth NSW 2092
- Phone number: 02 9976 1420
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- Manning Valley Historical Society
- Address: 12 Farquhar Street Wingham NSW 2429
- Phone number: (02) 6553 5823
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- Millthorpe Golden Memories Museum
- Address: Park Street Millthorpe NSW 2798
- Phone number: 02 - 6366 3980
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- Museum of Freemasonry
- Address: Sydney Grand Lodge
- Phone number: 0417409774
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- Museum of the Riverina
- Address: PO Box 20 Wagga Wagga 2650
- Phone number: (02) 6926 9655
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- National Museum of Australia
- Address: GPO Box 1901 CANBERRA ACT 2601
- Phone number: 6208 5000
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- National Trust of Australia (NSW)
- Address: GPO Post Office Box 518 Sydney 2001
- Phone number: 02 9258 0123
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- Newcastle Museum
- Address: PO Box 2156, Dangar, NSW 2309
- Phone number: 02 4974 1415
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- Parramatta Heritage Centre
- Address: Po Box 32 Parramatta 2124
- Phone number: (02) 8839 3326
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- Port Macquarie Historical Society
- Address: 22 Clarence St Port Macquarie, NSW 2444
- Phone number: (02) 6583 1108
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- Powerhouse Museum
- Address: 500 Harris St Ultimo NSW
- Phone number: 02 9217 0220
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- Quirindi and District Historical Society
- Address: PO Box 279 Quirindi NSW 2343
- Phone number: 02 6746 3273
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- Raymond Terrace Historical Society
- Address: PO Box 255 Raymond Terrace NSW 2324
- Phone number: 02 4987 7661
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- Richmond River Historical Society Inc.
- Address: 165 Molesworth Street, Lismore, NSW 2480
- Phone number: 02 6621 9993
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- Roto House - NPWS
- Address: Roto Place Lords St Port Macquarie
- Phone number: 02 6584909
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- School of the Air
- Address: Lane St., Broken Hill, NSW 2880
- Phone number: 08 8087 3565
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- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- Address: P.O. Box 37012 Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C., 20013-7012
- Phone number: 9217 0311
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- Stanton Library
- Address: 234 Miller Street North Sydney NSW 2060
- Phone number: 02 9938 8413
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- Sydney Living Museums
- Address: 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney 2000
- Phone number: 02 8239 2325
- View garments
- The Australian Museum of Clothing and Textiles
- Address: P.O Box 621 Maitland 1320
- Phone number: 02 4933 6826
- View garments
- The Cavalcade of History and Fashion Inc.
- Address: P.O. Box 100 Forestville NSW 2087
- Phone number: 02 9417 0061
- View garments
- The Oaks Historical Society
- Address: PO Box 16 The Oaks 2570
- Phone number: (02) 4657 1796
- View garments
- Tinonee Historical Society
- Address: 32 Manchester St Tinonee
- Phone number: 02 6553 1571
- View garments
- Tongarra Museum
- Address: Russell St Albion Park
- Phone number: (02) 4256 6698
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- Warringah Council
- Address: 725 Pittwater Road Dee Why
- Phone number: 0299422610
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