This series consists of clothing and other personal effects received by the Museum after Daisy Bates' death in 1951.

The contents are stored in 6 boxes and have been labelled from Box A to Box F as follows:

Box A

• 1 black velvet pillbox hat with artificial flowers trim
  
  
• 1 brown, green, beige, yellow and blue fabric pillbox hat
  
  
• 1 black hat
  
  
• 1 black hat with black ties and bow
  
  
• 1 black felt hat with veil
  
  
• 1 straw hat with black velvet ribbon
  
  
• 2 hat pins
  
  
• 2 black veils
  
  
• 1 blue veil
  
  
• 1 envelope with handwritten note 'my hairnets'
  
  
• hairnets
  
  
• 1 ivory crepe long sleeves buttoned shirt
  
  
• 2 cream satin or silk blouses
  
  
• 1 buttoned calico and lace bodice [undergarment]
  
  
• 1 cropped buttoned calico bodice [undergarment]
  
  
• 1 collar or trim
  
  

Box B

• 2 piece navy wool suit
  
  
• 2 piece grey suit
  
  
• 2 piece black wool suit
  
  
• 2 piece grey gabardine suit with blue checks
  
  
• 1 blue/purple jacket
  
  
• 1 black skirt
  
  

Box C

• 8 starched collars
  
  
• fabric pieces with clothing pattern
  
  
• 1 piece of fabric
  
  
• bits of string, ribbon, bias binding, wool etc bound in acid free paper
  
  
• 1 skein of brown wool
  
  
• 1 ball of wool
  
  
• 1 empty tyvek bag with a note 'filled Feb '81'
  
  
• 1 tag with handwritten note 'packet of seeds'. Seeds are missing
  
  

Box D

• wooden coathanger
  
  
• 6 piece wooden shoe trees (2 sets)
  
  
• 19 handkerchiefs; 1 with nappy pin
  
  
• lace bag (that had contained a 4 piece spirit burner and stand; black shoe polish; black shoe brush and tin of canned heat 'burnzo')
  
  
• 2 calico bags
  
  
• 1 drawstring cloth bag with 'kiwi polishing cloth' printed on it
  
  
• 1 large piece of calico with 'this [?] My Burial' handwritten note
  
  
• 1 calico bag
  
  
• 1 small piece of calico [cloth?]
  
  
• bits of cloth bound in acid free paper
  
  

Box E

• 1 pair of cream chamois gloves
  
  
• 1 pair of off white cotton gloves
  
  
• 1 grey single glove
  
  
• 1 pair of beige gloves
  
  
• 1 pair of brown woolen gloves
  
  
• 1 string of orange wooden beads
  
  
• 1 broken string of green and white beads
  
  

Box F

• 4 piece spirit burner and stand; black shoe polish; black shoe brush and tin of canned heat 'burnzo'
  
  
• gophering iron
  
  
• knife
  
  
• celluloid/vinyl object
  
  
• 1 leather purse
  
  
• 1 yellow comb
  
  
• 1 mirror
  
  
• 1 tin with sewing items such as needles, cotton, wool and thimble as well as an ink pen
  
  

There is also 1 brown suitcase.