Figure 1.--This photo was taken in 1935 in New Farm, a suburbs of Brisbane. These boys are looking at a new car. Cars were still something beyond the purchasing power of most Australians.

We continue to see Australian boys wearing British-style school uniforms in the 1930s. The peaked school caps were becoming more standard, but we see various styling. Some boys wore boaters, but mostly private schools. We see more boys wearing uniforms, both blazers and jackets. We see some destinctive blazers as in Britain, mostly at private schools. Grey shirts and sweaters were very common. Most boys wore short pants. Australian uniforms were very similar to British uniforms, except for footwear. Going batefoot was quite common, especially for the younger children. Shoes and kneesocks were also worn, especially during the cooler months. Another difference with the British, was that boysd did not very commonly wear sandals, although girls did. Sandals had become very populr for scjhool childten in Britain, but not in Australia. The fact that so many Australian children went barefoot was presumably a factor. We no longer see boys wearing long stockings, but some girls did.

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