Rocking Horse (green stand) - Roebuck & Sons
c. 1950Child's rocking horse, dapple grey with white background on green painted stand; brown vinyl saddle, leather reins, mane worn had been replaced with binder twine, tail plaided binder twine. Attached to a green painted stand with metal fittings.
HIstorically, an interesting item because the manufacturer, Roebuck & Sons were the first manufacturers of Rocking Horses and Fairground Horses Australia. Started by Frederick Roebuck in 1880 in Alice St, Newtown, Melbourne moving in 1900 to the address in Leichhardt, NSW. At one stage post war they were manufacturing 2,800 rocking horses per year.
Killerby's Stores were among the first and definitely the largest grocery stores in the area with stores in Busselton and Cowaramup. In 1970 on retirement of Mr Kemp Killerby, the store was split into several areas: Hardware was taken over by his nephew, Mr Rob Breeden and his wife Crystal: the service station was taken over by another nephew, Mr Dick Pearce and the Grocery Store by his son Gerry. Whether the horse had belonged to Gerry's children has yet to be ascertained
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This rocking horse is known to have been used in the Children's Play area of Killerby's Grocery Store, SW corner of Queen and Prince Street, Busselton, Western Australia between 1970 -1980. In 1980 when the store closed it was given to Mrs Cheryl Fahey by Mr Gerry Killerby.
Social: These were expensive items in the their time, yet 2,800 were being manufactured and sold in Australia.
Aesthetic: pleasing example of the wooden rocking horse which was made popular between 1900 and 1970's when plastic took over.
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