Annual Appeal 2019

Donations to our 2019 Annual Appeal helped the Museum to research and conserve the oldest dress in the Museum’s collection.

This magnificent silk brocade dress from the 1700s is being transformed from a textile carefully housed in collection storage to a striking and evocative display.

Part of the Springfield–Faithfull Family collection, the dress was donated to the Museum in 2005 by Pamela Maple-Brown and the late Jim Maple-Brown, and the late Diana Boyd, through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.

Thank you

We would like to thank and acknowledge our donors to the appeal, including those who would like to remain anonymous.

Anna-Rosa Baker, Nerida Barges, Robin Blake, Daryl Blaxland, Rosie Develin, Jennifer Freyer, Wayne and Jennifer Godfrey, Catherine Harris, John and Eve Hiscox, Trevor Ireland, Teresa Layton, Lloyd Marshall, Graeme Mayo, Sue Palmer, Colin Rea, Alan and Helen Rose, Dawn Waterhouse, Moh Yan Yang, Dr Michael Allam, Sally Bachelard, Dr Geoffrey Burkhardt, Dr Joan Kitchin, Marion Kossatz, Wendy Lindgren, Mark Parkinson, Penelope Richardson, Linda Shaw, Ross Warren, Philip and Julie Roper, Gabrielle Watt, Janet Lapworth, Anne Moroney, Keith Bradley AM, Sarah Brasch, Nicole Bright, Karen and Paddy Costanzo, Maria Damo, Carolyn Forster OAM and Rick Forster, Sally Anne Hasluck OAM, Heather Henderson, William Hyland, Dr Joseph Johnson OAM, Gerry and Ted Kruger, Suzanne Maple-Brown, Dr Betty Meehan AO, Dr Paul Meyer, Peter Mitchell, Neil Munro, Jenny Myers, The Nicolson Family, Margaret Pender and Di Chalmers, Kristine Riethmiller, Sanya Ritchie, Linnett and David Turner, Lisa Turner, Kathy Walter, Robert and Helen Harvie, Justice Richard Refshauge, Elizabeth Gray, Meredith Hinchliffe, Bridget Sack, Robin Anderson, Joanne Daly, John Gray, Gary Humphries, Helen Rankin, Helen Cosgrove, Dr Anthea Hyslop, Pip Merriman, Wendy Smith, Helene Stead, Jennifer Rowland, Andrew and Monica Phelan, The Estate of Diana Boyd, Alison Clugston-Cornes, Sue and Steven Dyer, The Hon Margaret Reid, Margaret Anderson, Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO, Howard Brown, Dr Patricia Clarke, Haydn Daw and Susan Daw OAM, Fiona James, Marjorie Lindenmayer, Tricia McLachlan, Suzanne Wood, Graeme and Linda Beveridge, Peter Pigott AM and Ann Pigott, Louise Willey.