Toys,+games,+entertainment+and+music

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=Australian Museum of Childhood= The Australian Museum of Childhood displays the largest collection of Australian manufactured toys, dating back to the 1890s.
 * The following photographs are provided by the Mallala Museum.**
 * [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4093/4795919722_27d5c0a017.jpg width="397" height="265" caption="Mallala Recreational Park Grand Stand"]] || [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6189/6056027144_ce121f2ca5.jpg width="375" height="265" caption="A Family Outing for the Parkers"]] ||
 * Mallala Recreational Park Grand Stand || A Family Outing for the Parkers ||
 * [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6063/6058237862_c939b43a13.jpg width="457" height="265" caption="Stereoscope Viewer"]] || [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4117/4817012482_870f9a6a64_n.jpg width="238" height="289" caption="The record is in position in the wind-up gramophone ready to be played."]] ||
 * Stereoscope Viewer || The record is in position in the wind-up gramophone ready to be played.]] ||
 * [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4077/4816387425_c2207f1fa1.jpg width="380" height="289" caption="This design of Stereoscope viewer helped popularise the use of stereographs."]] || [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4122/4816385691_897448935f.jpg width="361" height="289" caption="A stereoscope designed to be handheld."]] ||
 * This design of Stereoscope viewer helped popularise the use of stereographs. || A stereoscope designed to be handheld.]] ||
 * [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4099/4817006584_0825ecf0de_n.jpg width="243" height="289" caption="This design for the stereoscope enabled the stereographs to used a as popular form of entertainment."]] || [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4143/4816381669_45a375160d.jpg width="372" height="281" caption="A collection of stereographs which presented a 3D view."]] ||
 * This design for the stereoscope enabled the stereographs to used a as popular form of entertainment || |A collection of stereographs which presented a 3D view.]] ||
 * [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2610/3838271649_48b3740bf7.jpg width="382" height="281" caption="WW 1 Concert Party"]] || [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2520/3838269721_2a92730e9d.jpg width="475" height="281" caption="Mallala Institute Interior"]] ||
 * Concert Party || Mallala Institute Interior ||
 * [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2507/3838269131_ab7e107ec4_m.jpg width="139" height="238" caption="Institute Decorations"]] || [[image:https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3488/3835977452_80196cfea5.jpg width="320" height="238" caption="A Banquet in the Mallala Institute 1909"]] ||
 * Institute Decorations || A Banquet in the Mallala Institute 1909 ||
 * [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6203/6058333551_4090f74458.jpg width="357" height="238" caption="Gramophone"]] || [[image:https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3443/3852006596_66e16a00c5.jpg width="405" height="238" caption="Children at Bakers Creek"]] ||
 * Gramophone || Children at Bakers Creek ||
 * [[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6207/6058883584_0377ae7d8b.jpg width="480" height="321" caption="The 1865 piano"]] || <span class="photo_container pc_ju">[[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6089/6064749663_e4d054dced.jpg width="322" height="321" caption="At the Mallala Museum the Institute Projectors are in the background. 2007 May School Visit"]] ||
 * 1865 piano || Old movie projectors for showing moving pictures at the Institute ||
 * <span class="photo_container pc_ju">[[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6188/6126565067_7230ca2018.jpg width="396" height="280" caption="Fishing at Bakers Creek South Australia"]] || <span class="photo_container pc_ju">[[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6078/6126917764_8b6d671803.jpg width="439" height="280" caption="Laurie Tucker and his sister"]] ||
 * Fishing in Baker's Creek || A ride in the pony trap ||
 * <span class="photo_container pc_ju">[[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6061/6126369539_5c7a2a1dbe.jpg width="394" height="280" caption="Laurie Tucker in shafts"]] || <span class="photo_container pc_ju">[[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6187/6126904676_531431c983_z.jpg width="520" height="330" caption="Barber Shop at Mallala - Prior to 1930."]] ||
 * Laurie gives his sisters a ride. || Barber's shop at Mallala ||
 * <span class="photo_container pc_ju">[[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4011/4193528827_e3cb062197.jpg width="202" height="330" caption="Ketch at Port Parham"]] || <span class="photo_container pc_ju">[[image:https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2448/3833594322_cd988e0139.jpg width="458" height="330" caption="St Johns Ambulance"]] ||
 * Ketch at Pport Parham || St Johns Ambulance ||

Visiting children play with games, toys and cars. Price <span style="background-color: #f5f5f2; color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">admission about $4.00 <span style="color: #3366cc; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Phone: <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">08 8240 5200

Address: <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">95 Dale Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 5015 Guest Facilities: <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Car park, Child Activities/Child Minding, Coach Parking, Interactive Centre, Parking for the Disabled =__**Entertainment**__= Between 1933 and 1972, many children around Australia listened to an ABC radio program called The Children's Session or The Argonauts' Club. Based on the Greek myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece, this program had segments about science, the arts, hobbies and debating. Many famous Australians regard the program as a big influence in their lives. Here is a very much edited segment from one of the earliest shows: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOi4kRwcRBk

The games we played (From the National Archives of Australia)
= = =__**Music**__= Many children in the last three generations have belonged to junior bands in the Barossa towns. Here is a link to a performance by the Tanunda Town Band: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhUUvqcMUi0

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