Not identified

childhood

CLRC games box 2

b2776931

Digitised

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Description/Quantity
1 game (gameboard, 10 metal balls, 129 cardboard tokens, 1 tin kangaroo) : colour, paper on board ; in box 22×43.5×5 cm

Notes
Title from container “Depose.””4209”

Summary
Rules unavailable. A pinball or bagatelle-style tabletop game involving a kangaroo, an inclined board, and balls rolling into numbered holes and slots. The player with highest score wins

Description
A pinball or bagatelle-style tabletop game involving a kangaroo and an inclined board.
A tin kangaroo hops down the incline to push a selection of balls into numbered sections at the base of the game. It would appear that the player who has the highest score wins.

This late nineteenth century French children’s game featuring a kangaroo attests to the on-going fascination with Australia’s faunal emblem. This is one of several French games held by the Library within the Children’s Literature Research Collection.

The French had access to live kangaroos from the early 1800s through specimens collected by the Baudin expedition.

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