In 1926, in the fictitious outback town of Dungatar, State of Victoria, 10-year-old schoolgirl Myrtle Dunnage is blamed for the death of classmate Stewart Pettyman and sent away by Victoria Police Sergeant Horatio Farrat. 25 years later, Myrtle, now a couturier -trained dressmaker called Tilly, returns to Dungatar.

2022年7月7日 · Quick Answer: Twenty-five years after she was branded a murderer and forced to leave town, Myrtle Dunnage returns to her small Australian hometown of Dungatar as Tilly, an accomplished dressmaker. With newfound confidence and allure, Tilly transforms the women of her hometown with her couture fashions .

In the 1950s, Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage returns to her hometown of Dungatar, an Australian country town, to take care of her ill mother, Molly. The people of Dungatar sent Tilly away at the age of ten because of false accusations of murder, after the death of fellow student Stewart Pettyman.

2020年10月19日 · Set in Dungatar, a barren wasteland of traditionalism and superstition, isolated amidst the rapidly modernising post-World War II Australia, acclaimed author Rosalie Ham’s gothic novel, The Dressmaker, provides a fascinating window into 1950s Australia.

In Rosalie Ham’s The Dressmaker, Tilly Dunnage returns to her childhood home, a small town called Dungatar. However, the townspeople have always ostracized Tilly (they wrongly believe she is responsible for a local boy’s death) and they continue to do so on her return.

2024年3月5日 · An accomplished dressmaker, Myrtle “Tilly” Dunnage, returns to her origins, a small town in Australia named Dungatar. Tilly left the place when she was only ten because of the mysterious death of a fellow classmate, Stewart Pettyman. At the time, the whole town blamed Tilly for the tragic incident.

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Rosalie Ham’s novel The Dressmaker is set in Dungatar, a remote Australian town, in the 1950s. The residents of Dungatar undergo a variety of transformations throughout the story.

Tilly Dunnage, a dressmaker, decides to return to Dungatar, the small town where she grew up and where her mother, Molly, still lives. Tilly arrives in Dungatar late one night. She is greeted by Sergeant Farrat, Dungatar’s policeman, who recognizes Tilly and gives her a lift to Molly’s house, which is on top of the Hill overlooking the town ...

This is the first line of the film, uttered as Tilly emerges from the train in Dungatar and takes a drag of a cigarette. It foreshadows her infamy in the town and the fact that she has a past there. Gertrude: A dress can't change anything. Tilly: You have a lot to learn.