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The Museum of Childhood in Perth is part of the Edith Cowan University and houses Australia's most comprehensive collection of childhood heritage comprising approximately 16,000 items. It includes extensive collections of children's toys, costume, books, furniture, school materials and domestic items. Read more [...]

Bugarri-gap balangngan-ji nganka inyjunda jayida in dreams ancestral stories are told to us1 Children's book illustration is traditionally categorised as craft, a specialised medium, targeting the younger audience - mainly those up to twelve years old. Although often stylised and cartoonish, children's Read more [...]

Australians greeted Federation with a mixture of solemnity and frivolity. In the days leading up to Commonwealth Day, 1 January 1901, tens of thousands of people from across New South Wales packed their bags and boarded trains, boats and buggies bound for Sydney to enjoy the week of Federation festivities. Read more [...]

George III's second son, Frederick Augustus, born in 1763, was created Duke of York in 1784. Although he served most of his life in the British army, the Duke had a passion for silver and left staggering debts when he died in January 1827. Soon after his death, the Duchess of York approached Christie's Read more [...]

The word mingei, an acronym derived from minshuteki kogei, meaning 'people's art', was first coined in 1925 by art critic and philosopher, Soetsu Yanagi. It was introduced at a time when many Japanese intellectuals were reacting against the overwhelming cultural inroads of intensive industrialisation Read more [...]

In the first half of the 5th century BC the renowned ancient Greek poet Pindar wrote a number of odes commemorating victorious Olympic athletes. In one example he remarked: For if any man delights in expense and toil And sets in action high gifts shaped by the gods, And with him his destiny Plants Read more [...]

There is increasing interest in decorated textiles made or worn by women in colonial Australia. South Australia in particular is a rich source of such material, especially of decorated aprons. These attract considerable interest, not only as examples of the needlework of nineteenth-century women but Read more [...]

As one of the world's oldest recreations, dating back to at least 2000 BC, it is not surprising that there is a growing interest in collecting the diverse memorabilia which the sport of fishing generates. The art of angling - or fishing with a rod, line and hook - lies not just in knowing where the fish Read more [...]

In the early nineteenth-century aristocratic world to which Sir John and Lady Jane Franklin belonged, science was an intrinsic part of European collecting cultures. Science motivated, justified and explained European voyages of discovery and reconnaissance. Natural objects were on a par with antiquities Read more [...]