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Bags, baskets and containers
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/bags-baskets-and-containers/

Bags, baskets and other small containers were commonly used by children.

Published 11 November 2018

weaving toy toys First Nations basket
Toy bows and arrows
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/toy-boomerangs/

Toy bows and arrows were not common, but we have several examples of these in our collection.

Published 11 November 2018

First Nations toys toy
Toy spears, spearthrowers and targets
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/toy-spears-general/

Our collection includes various items that were used both for fun and as training instruments for adult life.

Published 23 July 2018

First Nations toys toy
Balls
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/balls/

Balls used for throwing, catching and kicking games were made from varying materials.

Published 11 November 2018

First Nations toys games toy
Rattles
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/toys-for-infants/

There aren't many records of toys used by infant children in Aboriginal culture.

Published 11 November 2018

First Nations toys toy
Toy Boomerangs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/aboriginal-toys/toy-boomerangs1/

There are two toy boomerangs in our collection.

Published 11 November 2018

First Nations toys toy
Pandanus toy propellers from Arnhem Land, 1948
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/cultural-objects/indigenous-pandanus-toy-propellers-from-arnhem-land-1948/

Pandanus propellers such as these were used as toys by Aboriginal children from Yirrkala in Arnhem Land.

Published 29 June 2015

First Nations Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander toys

Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru

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Burra

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