Perth Voice Interactive

FOR the first time in nearly a decade the WA Museum will display a rare collection of Australian toys.

The toys are drawn from a diverse collection of 24,000 childhood items, donated by Edith Cowan University in 2009.

The collection includes toys, clothes, school equipment and other childhood items.

Many toys are ingenious home-made creations, created during times of economic hardship, isolation or wartime austerity.

Heritage Perth CEO Richard Offen wants readers to lend their old toys for display.

“Many people have toys that belonged to family members and have been handed down through successive generations,” he says.

“These treasures remind us of the original owner and the joys of childhood in years gone by.”

The exhibit is part of Heritage Perth’s “Australian Toys—a Century of Fun” in November.

To lend your toys, contact Mr Offen at info@heritageperth.com.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK