Baby's Binder

DESCRIPTION

TitleBaby's BinderObject TypeTextileClothingDate1870-1880DescriptionBaby's Binder
In the Victorian era swaddling or binding a baby's body tight was considered good for a baby's health and that it would encourage limbs to grow straight.

Swaddling kept babies them warm and immobile, preventing possible injury.
Provenance and SignifcanceThis baby's binder belonged to one of the Gear children.

George Gear Snr married Amy Griffin at Wollongong in 1870. They had nine children, Alice J, Frederick James, George Austin, Sydney Willis, Amy, Rose Isabel, Herbert, Alice E, and Albert E.

The Gear family lived at Albion Park, Tullimbar and Marshall Mount.

One son, George Austin Gear was born at Tullimbar, 3 June 1873.

In 1899, George Austin married Mabel Bannister Pearson and they had three boys, Oliver George, Herbert William and Percy Barlett before Mabel sadly died aged just 29 years old.

Mabel's parents were William Pearson and Susannah Dawes of Marshall Mount.

George remarried Amy Maud Bailey in 1907.

Amy was born in 1886 at Kangaroo Valley. Her parents Alexander Bailey and Mary Ann Law were born at Jamberoo.

George Austin and Amy Maude Gear had ten children - James Austin, Jane Kelsey, Amy Muriel, Doris Vera, Enid Thora, John Clyde, Reginald Desmond, Georgina Patricia, Essie Isabel and Ethel Ruth.

The Gear family farmed at Albion Park and are related through marriage to the Pearson's, Faulks', Badans', Condon's, and Weston's.

George and Amy's daughter, Georgina Patricia "Pat', born in 1925, married Reginald Bruce Hain. The family's clothing was passed down to Pat.DonorHain, P.External LinkA Prize Dairy Farm

CHARACTERISTICS

MaterialCotton crochet.Dimensions72cm x 10cm

CLASSIFICATION

PrimaryCostumeSecondaryChildren's

CONNECTIONS

CollectionObjectsGear Family CollectionLocalityAlbion ParkTullimbar

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Baby's Binder