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Book, 'The First Gumnut Family' by Chris Trump

Subcollections
The Gumnut Factory
Overview

An A5 sized book with a white front and back cover. There is an image on the front cover of a large gumnut with 'Gumnut Factory Folk Tales' written in red. Some of the gumnut figures from the stories are surrounding the bottom of the gumnut and other are coming out from the top. In the top left and right corners of the book ae green tree leaves. At the bottom of the page is 'The First Gumnut Family/ Chris Trump'.

This book contains stories of all of the Gumnut figures.

Historical information

The Gumnut Factory made bushcraft from wood, gumnuts and seedpods and was established by Chris Trump in March 1979 with work initially being carried out from his garden shed. In June 1979 the factory moved into a unit in Buckingham Drive in the Wangara Industrial Estate. Business flourished and the factory moved in 1980 to bigger premises in Prindiville Drive. The Arts and Crafts shop also opened in 1980. The Gumnut Factory was featured on several television shows and was the subject of many publications and newspaper articles. Chris published a book, "The First Gumnut Factory" and built Gumnutland model village railway in 1987. Products were exported to the Eastern States and the factory was visited by thousands of tourists. In 2001, Chris sold the business to Anita and Richard Caesar and the factory moved to the Swan Valley in late 2002. The business has now closed down.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-57-2022.42
Item type
Objects
Themes
Social History
Material
Paper
Width
147 mm
Height or length
209 mm
Inscriptions and markings

On the front cover - GUMNUT/ FACTORY/ FOLK/ TALES/ C.T/ THE FIRST/ GUMNUT FAMILY/ CHRIS TRUMP

On the back cover - Gumnut Factory Folk Tales / The Gumnut Factory/ Folk Tales are the/ adventures of the Gumnut/ creations made by Chris/ Trump 'The Gumnut Man'/ at his factory in Wanneroo./ A dream that was to/ become a reality that he/ wishes to share with you/ all./

So come with us/ through the window of/ fantasy and meet his/ Gumnut World./

Our little tales as they unfold are for the young/ and young at heart./

You will meet Cyril, the kookaburra; Booky, the/ owl; H.M. the mouse; Lizzie, the frilled neck lizard;/ Kippy, the koala; George and Gertie Gumnut and their/ children, Lucy and Willie./

GUMNUT FACTORY PUBLICATIONS/ ISBN 0 947112 00 6

Keywords
Gumnut Factory
Gumnuts
Place made
Wanneroo, WA, Australia
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
Last modified
Wednesday, 24 June, 2026
Completeness
88
City of Wanneroo Museum Collections

City of Wanneroo Museum Collections

There is an image on the front cover of a large gumnut with 'Gumnut Factory Folk Tales' written in red. Some of the gumnut figures from the stories are surrounding the bottom of the gumnut and other are coming out from the top. In the top left and right corners of the book ae green tree leaves. At the bottom of the page is 'The First Gumnut Family/ Chris Trump'.
An A5 sized book with a white front and back cover. There is an image on the front cover of a large gumnut with 'Gumnut Factory Folk Tales' written in red. Some of the gumnut figures from the stories are surrounding the bottom of the gumnut and other are coming out from the top. In the top left and right corners of the book ae green tree leaves. At the bottom of the page is 'The First Gumnut Family/ Chris Trump'.
The back of the book with a picture of Chris Trump and a blurb
The back of the book with the blurb and a picture of Chris Trump.

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