Interesting Vintage Photos That Show Australian Fashions of the 1920s _ UK and Australia

In the 1920s, women suddenly appeared sporting short skirts, short hairstyles, smoking, swearing and riding motorcycles.

Where had this new Australian woman come from? Once the soldiers had packed their sacks and hopped on the ships to fight the War in Europe, women emerged from their houses to fill the jobs left empty in support of the armed forces at home and abroad.

Gwen Caine of Bowen ready for a dancing recital. She is seen in her dancing costume, posing on pointe, ca. 1925.

Studio photograph of a bride and bridegroom with their bridesmaid and best man, 1920s. The bride and groom are posed behind a carved wooden stand, the bride's bouquet resting on the stand. The bridesmaid and best man are seated in front and to either side of the bridal couple. The bride and bridesmaid wear typical twenties style dresses and hats.

Miss Katie Fitzgerald

Young women wearing cloche hats, skirts and jackets. Each has her own set of golf clubs.

Dressed in their best at Coochin Station.

Two women pose for a photo in the 1920s. Both are wearing dresses typical of the era with hip-line waistbands, and hats.

Three women posed on a lounge chair in the front yard. The stumps and stairs of the Queenslander house can be seen behind them. All three women are wearing hats: one a lightweight, light coloured hat; another a striped cloche hat, and the other one a wide-brimmed straw hat. They are wearing knee-length dresses, with long, soft coats over the top. The woman in the centre appears to have fur around her neck, and the woman on the right is holding a purse.

1924 Buick tourer

Female tennis players, ca. 1927.

Nancy Spry of Winton in a dropped-waist, floral print, satin evening gown with uneven hemline, ca. 1920. She is wearing a matching scarf around her head, with a long feather plume rising dramatically from the scarf. Miss Spry is also holding what appears to be a fan made of feathers.