Vintage Photos of Australian Fashion in the 1930s _ UK and Australia

   

These amazing vintage photos of Australian fashion in the 1930s.

 

Friends posing on Kirra Beach, 1938

 

Beachgoers at Burleigh Heads, 1938

 

Group of mates riding in a Model T Ford, Double Island Point, 1931

 

Judging of the Sirens of the Surf competition, Gold Coast

 

Beach girl Merle Woodward

 

Group of young people enjoying a day at the beach, Gold Coast

 

Beach beauties, ca. 1939

 

Bathing belles, Ellen Smith, Beryl Price and Lorna Smith, ca. 1930

 

Model posing in a glamorous 1930s evening gown

 

Mrs. Dudley Shadforth and Mrs. Derek Nicholson attending the theatre, Brisbane, 1938

 

Actress Mary Maguire, wearing a beautiful evening gown in a promotional photograph, ca. 1936

 

Foursome waving goodbye from the 'Sydney Mail train' at the Trocadero, ca. 1935

 

Queensland representatives in the Australian Rugby Test team departing for Sydney, ca. 1933

 

Two ladies enjoying a day out at the races, Ascot racetrack, Brisbane

 

Winner of the Sirens of the Surf competition, Miss Bonnie Orchard, Gold Coast, 1936

 

Surfer posing with his surfboard, ca. 1935

 

Mr K.J. Morris, the U.A.P. candidate for Ithaca, talks to a voter during the Queensland State Election of 1938

 

Members of the Newmarket local tennis club in Brisbane, ca. 1935

 

Renee Taylor

 

Tivoli girls practicing Brisbane 1935

 

Young lady in a low backed dress and cloche hat at the races Brisbane ca 1931

 

Picnic in the bush in Mount Isa Queensland 1932

 

Mrs R Harvey and Miss A Waller picking a winner at Albion Park races Brisbane October 1932

 

Two women picking a winner at the races, Brisbane, 1933

 

Gathering at the Muttaburra races, June 1935

 

Wearing a matching hat and dress, Miss J. Norris attended the Ascot Races, Brisbane, 1933

 

Joan Grimes, Australian Women's Emergency Legion, 1939

 

Five women at the races, Brisbane, 1938

 

Card players in Centenial Place, Brisbane

 

 


(via State Library of Queensland, Australia)