Summary
Alternative Name(s): Pants
Full dress trousers with 1 3/4" stipe, worn by a gunner in the Victorian Horse Artillery. The design of each uniform was strictly spelt out in military regulations. The red collar shows this uniform belonged to one of the gunners. The officers wore jackets glittering with gold lace and gold cord.
The volunteer corps reflected Melbourne's social hierarchies. Wealthy landowner and grazier Sir William Clarke founded the horse artillery and based it at his property Rupertswood, near Sunbury. His son Rupert commanded the battery. The Clarkes provided 60 horses for the horse artillery, at substantial cost.
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Acquisition Information
Cultural Gifts Donation from Major Edward (Ted) J. Millett, 29 Jun 1994
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User
Victorian Volunteer Forces, 1854-1884, Victoria, Australia, circa 1890
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Inscriptions
Stamped, inside back waist: VHA.
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Classification
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions - Folded
99 cm (Length), 36.5 cm (Width)
Width measured at hips
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Overall Dimensions - Folded
1030 mm (Length), 370 mm (Width), 30 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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