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City of Wanneroo Museum Collections > Records

Gumnutland Model Train - Postcard

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c. 1985

Subcollections

The Gumnut Factory

Overview

101 x 146 mm, postcard. Family inside of Gumnutland, looking at a gumnut model train on the front. On the back, a large space on the left to attach a message, on the right, room for affixing a post stamp and address lines.

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-Archive 9 C4.3

Item type

Postcards

Themes

Material

Cardboard

Width

146 mm

Height or length

101 mm

Keywords

Gumnuts

Gumnut Factory

Place made

Wanneroo, WA, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Well provenanced

Public location

Wanneroo Community History Centre - Archive 9

Last modified

Wednesday, 24 June, 2026

Completeness

100

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Archive 9 C4.3 - Front of postcard shows family inside Gumnutland looking at a model train.

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Back of the postcard featuring contact details and address of the Gumnut Factory.

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