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Betty Brown Historical Centre (Shire of West Arthur) > Records

Set of two boxed card games

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Kerryn Chia

Overview

2 card games.
(a) Zoo Parlour Game - blue patterned box with lid, instructions and cards. Label on box has a picture of elephant and green and red printing
(b) Chook Chook Parlour Game - clue patterned box with lid, instruction and cards. label on box printined in green and red

Historical information

Parlour games were popular in the Victorian era. Boxed parlour games were popular in the 1920s to 1960s.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-50-21.003

Item type

Material

Width

6 cm

Height or length

9.4996 cm

Depth

2.5000 cm

Themes

Popular Culture

Contextual Information

These card sets were found in the house of a local farming family in Darkan

Keywords

Place made

Darkan
WA
Australia

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Betty Brown Historical Centre (Shire of West Arthur)

Betty Brown Historical Centre (Shire of West Arthur)

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Instructions for Palour game

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