Fun and games: a history of Australian childhood

Update: 2025-10-04

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Historian Dr. Emily Gallagher believes that the playtime of a generation is as much a reflection of a cultural history of a time and a place as it is an individual memory.

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Fun and games: a history of Australian childhood

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Fun and games: a history of Australian childhood