A Hop, A Skip & A Jump: A History of Australian Childhood Amusements

The history of Australian childhood amusements from colonial days to the present day. Includes Australian Aboriginal children's games; history of play in colonial times; how the playground was affected by multiculturalism; how children see the 'world of make-believe'; evolution of Australian toys, including dolls; uniquely Australian nursery rhymes and schoolyard taunts, insults and clapping chants. This is a book for adults and educators. It presses nostalgia buttons.
Covers what games kids played in the bush and city, bonfire night, getting mobile on stilts, bikes and roller skates; making dolls out of twigs, potatoes, pipe cleaners and clothing pegs; marbles and its many rules; school war cries - a definitive list.