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The men on the gold fields wore loose-fitting, comfortable clothes. They had long trousers held up with a belt, rope or braces. They tended to wear longer sleeved shirts if they were out in the sun, or sometimes they would strip off their shirts when the heat became unbearable - as it often did. Strong boots were necessary, as was a wide-brimmed hat.

The miners' clothing depended on their ethnic group. Standard clothing for many of European ethnicity was just loose-fitting trousers and shirt, with strong boots. The Chinese wore the clothing of their culture. Many times, miners' clothing may have become quite threadbare: they could not afford new clothing because tailors and/or other suppliers of clothing would chage over-inflated prices, knowing that the rules of supply and demand would dictate how much they could charge. Miners did not want to leave the prospect of "striking it rich" to take a coach all the way to Sydney or melbourne, so suppliers of goods on the goldfields had a monopoly.

Women wore long skirts and dresses typical of the period.

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