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Long johns brought to Australia by German migrant Mr H Schleinitz
Long johns brought to Australia by German migrant Mr H Schleinitz

Long johns brought to Australia by German migrant Mr H Schleinitz

Date1960
Object number00015560
NameLong johns
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall: 900 x 450 mm, 0.35 kg
ClassificationsClothing and personal items
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Mr H Schleinitz
DescriptionWoollen underwear (long johns) owned by German migrant Mr H Schleinitz. The clothing was brought out by a German migrant on the CASTEL FELICE in 1960. This intimate memento of a voyage hints at the ways migrants looked when they disembarked, and how their personal appearance branded them as New Australians or the more pejorative 'balts', 'wogs', or 'reffos'. The clothing tells us much about the sort of place Mr Schleinitz emigrated from, and his expectations of the Australian climate.