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About cyberfibres:
What
is cyberfibres?
cyberfibres
origins
What's in cyberfibres?
Finding what you want
Contribute
to cyberfibres
What
is cyberfibres?
cyberfibres
is your first port of call to explore Australia's fashion and textile
heritage. Launch yourself into cyberfibres and find out about the
lives, work and achievements of individuals and organisations who have
contributed to the Australia of today through their dedication to fashion
and textiles.
cyberfibres
origins
cyberfibres: Online Register of Australian
Fashion and Textile Design, is a project of the Frances
Burke Textile Resource Centre, School of Fashion and Textiles at RMIT
University, Melbourne, Australia. The creation of this unique website
was made possible through generous funding provided in 1999 by the Department
of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) from the TCF 2000 Development
Package through the TCF Program Unit in Melbourne. The launch of the site
in the year 2000 marks the first phase of an ongoing growth project that
aims to document Australia's fashion and textile past, and offers inspiration
for the researcher, designer, manufacturer, fashion and textile practitioner
and professional of the future. Sponsorship of individual web pages provides
the opportunity for the sponsor to demonstrate active support of the industry.
What's
in cyberfibres?
cyberfibres
website documents Australia's fashion and textile heritage through:
- Biographical
entries:
provide a thumbnail history of individuals and organisations.
- Published
resources:
provide titles of newspaper clippings, journal articles, publications,
etc., in which the person or organisation has been featured.
- Online
resources:
provide website addresses related to the person or organisation featured
in the website.
- Archival/Heritage
resources:
provide information on repositories
( ie galleries, museums, libraries, collections, etc.) that hold actual
archives relating to the person or organisation featured in the website.
Finding
what you want
You can start your search of the contents of the cyberfibres
website
by clicking on the Search
(takes you to Search Page) option in the navigation menu at the top of
each page, or by clicking on the Browse/Search
buttons throughout the site. From the Search
Page you can carry out a Structured
Search (when you know some details about the person
or organisation), or you can Browse
through an alphabetical listing of names and click-on one you
would like to know more about. Or, you can do a Free-text
Search where you enter names, terms
of topics of interest, submit your query, and cyberfibres
will
do the rest.
This site is updated
regularly. Revisit cyberfibres
to explore new information
as it becomes available.
Contribute
to cyberfibres
website
Contact
cyberfibres. Tell us about your fashion
and textile experiences.
Thank
you for visiting
cyberfibres.
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