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Slouch hat

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The Australian digger's slouch hat

 

  Slouch hat The Slouch Hat and Emu Plumes (anzacday.org.au)
The slouch hat originated from a shortage of helmets during the South African War...

"Kangaroo feathers" and the Australian Light Horse (awm.gov.au)
The plumes were at first jokingly called "kangaroo feathers".

Slouch Hat (awm.gov.au)
This khaki hat had its first military use in 1885 as part of the uniform of the Victorian Mounted Rifles...

 The slouch hat: Trademark of the Australian Army (awm.gov.au)
What is the origin of the famous slouch hat?

Slouch hat (wikipedia.org)
The slouch hat originated with the felt army hats of the eighteenth century. Today it is an Australian national symbol.

The Slouch Hat - The Digger Hat (rslnsw.org.au) [pdf file]

Australian Slouch Hat or Digger Hat (diggerhistory.info - if the link is not working, see Where is Digger History?)
Note the link to an alternative view at the bottom of the page and at The Slouch Hat and Emu Plumes.

 Australian & New Zealand Slouch (Digger) Hats (diggerhistory.info - if the link is not working, see Where is Digger History?)
For more information on each hat shown on the page, click the links at the right.

POETRY
A Brown Slouch Hat (anzacday.org.au)

ISSUES
Diggers' slouch hat could go overseas (dailytelegraph.com.au)
"THE slouch hat, the immortal symbol for Australian Diggers since before Gallipoli, could soon be made entirely by cheap overseas labour."

 

 

 

 

 
   


The slouch hat

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