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The Murdoch

Jo's mo show

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Style guide

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Moustaches

Sport was a potent means by which, in the lead up to Federation, Australians began to assert a sense of themselves as youthful, manly and athletic – the products of an equally young and virile new nation.

This might explain why early exemplars of Australian cricketing prowess went to the crease with what seems to have been de rigueur for urbane-yet-sporting chaps: a wide, waxed, dapper ‘tache, perky at the tips and parted at the centre.

The Murdoch

The first Australian first-class cricket team to tour England and North America, 1878 A & G Taylor

1. The Murdoch. 2. The first Australian first-class cricket team to tour England and North America, 1878 A & G Taylor.

Jo's mo show
(with beards)

Mo and beard timeline

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Henry Lawson, c. 1919 Lionel Lindsay

Henry Lawson, c. 1919 Lionel Lindsay

Henry Lawson, c. 1919 Lionel Lindsay

Henry Lawson, c. 1919 Lionel Lindsay

Jo's mo show

(with beards)

Previous exhibition, 2011

This exhibition illustrates changes in beards, moustaches and sideburns from the 1780s to the 1980s.

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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.