UNSUNG ICONS: LEATHER
Jul 07, 2019
2 minutes
Illustration MATT COSGROVE
eather has been a central part of Australian life for millennia. Centuries before colonisation, Indigenous people worked the flesh of emus into magnificent cloaks with designs etched using oyster shells, bone and stone tools. The First Fleet, and those who came after, brought with them tanning skills: not so much in their complexions, but in their leather goods. The result was material that served you from
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