Child's Black Board

Country
Australia
 State/Province
Queensland
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Object detail

Description
Child's black board on wooden easel. The board is surrounded by printed material. On one side is the alphabet and numerical characters 0-9 in orange letters and white images of the Australian animals featured on Australian currency. On the other side in blue, yellow and red are "Dick and Dora" characters with the alphabet and a clock with yellow plastic movable hands in the top left corner.
Classification
TOYS General
Maker
Production place
Queensland, Australia
Measurements
L800 x W610 x H360 mm
Media/Materials description
Indeterminate (Woods)
Signature/Marks
Little scholar
<alphabet>
<In top left corner> 1 CENT \ <sugar glider image> \ FEATHER \ THE \ GLIDER
<In top centre> 10 CENTS \ PLATYPUD \ <Image of platypus>
<In top right> 5 CENTS \ <Image of echidna> \ SPINY ANTEATER
<In bottom left> <Image of Lyrebird> \ LYREBIRD \ 10 CENTS
<In bottom centre> 50 CENTS \ KANGAROO <Image of kangaroo> <Image of emu> EMU
<In bottom right> FRILL-NECKED \ LIZARD \ <Image of frill necked lizard> \ 2 CENTS
History and use
This novel black board was made by Brisbane toymakers Vivienne and Kenneth Gough. Made in approximately the late 1960s, it features images that were both fun and educational for children. One side of the blackboard shows Australian coins with an emphasis on their feature animals. The other side shows images from the Dick and Dora book series used to teach early reading skills. The alphabet, numbers and a clock face are also included in the design of this ‘Little Scholar’ branded blackboard.

Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Registration number
H27712

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