Dressing Sydney: The Jewish Fashion Story

Presented by Dr Peter McNeil

Thousands of Jewish migrants fled Nazism and many arrived in Australia in the 1930s and ‘40s. A large number proceeded to work in the clothing and appearance industries, also known as the
‘rag trade’. The focus is Sydney and the subplot is ‘Dressing Sydney: The Jewish Fashion Story’. Learn how a whole working-class district – Surry Hills – was remade between the wars, then transformed again in the 1980s as our economy was restructured.

Dates and Locations

Sunday 19 April Sunshine Coast (QLD)

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