Lorinda Cramer

Lorinda Cramer is Lecturer in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University, where she researches Australian material culture with focus on gender, dress history, and museum representation. Her ARC-funded projects examine wool's cultural history and historical resource management.

Research examines:

• Gendered dimensions of dress and textiles
• Wool as cultural material in Australian history
• Museum exhibition methodologies
• Historical resource extraction
• Sustainable fashion heritage

Recent publications explore colonial fashion politics, masculinity in tailoring, and wool's role in national identity. Scholarly output demonstrates consistent attention to how material objects mediate social relations across historical periods.

Awards and fellowships include:

• National Library of Australia Fellowship (2023)
• Powerhouse Museum Visiting Research Fellowship (2023)
• Redmond Barry Fellowship (2022)

Teaches units on museum management and heritage societies, supervising doctoral candidates researching exhibition contexts and clothing's role in knowledge construction.