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Bateman Original Designs
Bateman Original Designs is a Melbourne-based dressmaking and alterations business located in Langwarrin. We provide clothing alterations, repairs, custom dressmaking, formalwear and racewear, alongside handmade hats, fascinators, bridal accessories and other fashion accessories.
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🔬 Joseph and Thomas Bancroft
Doctors Joseph Bancroft and his son Thomas brought scientific curiosity to Deception Bay through medical and agricultural research. Joseph investigated native plants and worked on preserving meat, fish and vegetables, while Thomas continued experiments that included cotton and castor-oil cultivation. Their local activities are commemorated in the Bancroft landscape and memorial. The family’s story connects medicine with the less glamorous business of growing, processing and storing food, showing how research in a coastal settlement could range far beyond a consulting room.
