2. The Timeline Of
Clothing/Manufacturing
(Schmattes) in Melbourne

5. Clothing

6. Clothing
1850 & Gold Rush 2012
1808 1940 1970

7. Clothing
1850 & Gold Rush 2012
1808 1940 1970
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corresponding to
the year

9. HOW HAS CLOTHING/
MANUFACTURING
CHANGED MELBOURNE?

10. HOW HAS CLOTHING/MANUFACTURING
CHANGED MELBOURNE
ECONOMICALLY?
Manufacturing of clothing helped the economy thrive and the Clothing
Industry was successful because everyone needs to by clothes.
The Clothing Industry grew substantially when the Gold Rush
started, because flocks of people started flooding in and they needed
to buy clothes.
Recently, clothing workers wanted higher wages, which they received.
It was harder to continue or start a business because of this and
cheaper to buy clothes overseas in other countries (mainly Asia)
because the working wage is extremely low in other countries. This
had a bad affect on the economy in Melbourne and Australia because
people were buying overseas and not in Australia.

11. HOW HAS CLOTHING/MANUFACTURING
CHANGED MELBOURNE SOCIALLY?
Before the 1900s women were obliged to wear long
dresses, they were prohibited to show their skin and
they received limited rights
But soon women’s rights changed and they started to
not rely on men but rely on them selves by finding
professional jobs and wearing different types of
clothing

12. HOW HAS CLOTHING/MANUFACTURING
CHANGED MELBOURNE
ENVIRONMENTALLY?
Cotton is a material used to make clothes. It
first is a plant that appears to have cotton
buds on it, then it is transformed into material
used for clothing.
A cotton plant requires a lot of water to
survive. This has a bad affect on the
environment because this process uses up a
sufficient amount of water.
This has resulted in the government restricting
the harvesting of cotton to a certain degree

13. HOW HAS CLOTHING/MANUFACTURING
CHANGED MELBOURNE POLITICALLY?
In the last century the upper class had more control
over the country than the middle and lower classes.
Before the 1900s people could easily tell the
difference between lower, middle and upper class by
the way they dressed
Today people who are in upper class can wear jeans
and a light T-Shirt. e.g. Steve Jobs or even Gina
Rinehart

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18. Clothing in the 1850s & in Gold Rush in Melbourne
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21. Clothing Now
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22. Clothing
1850 & Gold Rush 2012
1755 1940 1970
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