The Resource Spinning tops and gumdrops : a portrait of colonial childhood, Edwin Barnard
Spinning tops and gumdrops : a portrait of colonial childhood, Edwin Barnard
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The item Spinning tops and gumdrops : a portrait of colonial childhood, Edwin Barnard represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- 'Spinning Tops and Gumdrops' takes us back to childhood in colonial Australia. The delight of children at play is universal, but the pleasure these children experience as depicted through the book's photographs is through their 'imagination, skill and daring' rather than through possessions. Children play quoits and jacks, hide and seek, cricket with a kerosene tin for a wicket, dress ups and charades. Being a child in colonial Australia was also tough. It was a time when school yard disagreements were sorted out with fists and 'the loss of a little claret'. A time when children could view public hangings and premature death was frequent, especially taking the very young and vulnerable though dysentery, whooping cough or diphtheria. The photographs show children happily absorbed in the play of their own making. The lasting impression left by the contemporary accounts, photographs, etchings and paintings of colonial children in 'Spinning Tops and Gumdrops' is their possession of qualities of resilience, self-sufficiency and acceptance of their lot. These are qualities on which contemporary society still places a high value, but which today seem a little more elusive
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Spinning tops and gumdrops : a portrait of colonial childhood
- Title
- Spinning tops and gumdrops
- Title remainder
- a portrait of colonial childhood
- Statement of responsibility
- Edwin Barnard
- Title variation
- Spinning tops & gumdrops
- Subject
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- Children -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- Education -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- trueFrontier and pioneer life -- Australia
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Pictorial works
- trueAustralia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Pioneer children -- Australia -- History
- truePioneers -- Australia -- History
- Illustrated works
- trueAustralian
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 'Spinning Tops and Gumdrops' takes us back to childhood in colonial Australia. The delight of children at play is universal, but the pleasure these children experience as depicted through the book's photographs is through their 'imagination, skill and daring' rather than through possessions. Children play quoits and jacks, hide and seek, cricket with a kerosene tin for a wicket, dress ups and charades. Being a child in colonial Australia was also tough. It was a time when school yard disagreements were sorted out with fists and 'the loss of a little claret'. A time when children could view public hangings and premature death was frequent, especially taking the very young and vulnerable though dysentery, whooping cough or diphtheria. The photographs show children happily absorbed in the play of their own making. The lasting impression left by the contemporary accounts, photographs, etchings and paintings of colonial children in 'Spinning Tops and Gumdrops' is their possession of qualities of resilience, self-sufficiency and acceptance of their lot. These are qualities on which contemporary society still places a high value, but which today seem a little more elusive
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barnard, Edwin
- Dewey number
- 994.03
- Government publication
- federal national government publication
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- National Library of Australia
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Frontier and pioneer life
- Illustrated works
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Pioneer children
- Children
- Education
- Pioneers
- Australia
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Spinning tops and gumdrops : a portrait of colonial childhood, Edwin Barnard
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059898966
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- 191 pages
- Isbn
- 9780642279187
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)986801745
- Label
- Spinning tops and gumdrops : a portrait of colonial childhood, Edwin Barnard
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000059898966
- Dimensions
- 26 cm.
- Extent
- 191 pages
- Isbn
- 9780642279187
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)986801745
Subject
- Children -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- Education -- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- trueFrontier and pioneer life -- Australia
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Pictorial works
- trueAustralia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Pioneer children -- Australia -- History
- truePioneers -- Australia -- History
- Illustrated works
- trueAustralian
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