Caroline Dexter

Caroline Dexter (née Harper; 6 January 1819 – 19 August 1884) was an English-Australian dress reformer, writer, and feminist.

While in Gippsland Caroline wrote her Ladies Almanack: The Southern Cross or Australian Album and New Years Gift.

After lecturing about the bloomers in London and beyond, Caroline continued to pursue her interest in dress reform in Australia.

[3] Nonetheless, she ran an Institute of Hygiene and promoted divided skirts for women and the abolition of corsets in Melbourne.

In 1861, Caroline married William Lynch, together they held a salon and acquired an important collection of Australian art.