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Chris Trump and Gumnut Figures - Photograph

c. 1985
Subcollections
The Gumnut Factory
Overview

134 x 184 mm, black and white.

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 B2 (PD01811)
Item type
Photographs
Themes
Social History
Material
Photographic Paper
Width
184 mm
Height or length
134 mm
Contextual information

This image appears on page 29 of Gumnut Family Folk Tales: The First Gumnut Family.

Keywords
Gumnuts
Gumnut Factory
Place made
Wanneroo, WA, Australia
Year
c. 1985
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
City of Wanneroo Museum Collections

City of Wanneroo Museum Collections

Chris Trump lying in a garden looking at gumnut figures.
Archive 9 B2 (PD01811) - Chris Trump, 'The Gumnut Man', lying in a garden, looking at his gumnut figures, including 'Cyril the Kookaburra' (first from left) and the 'Gumnut Family'.

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