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Title Child's play : Dorothy Howard and the folklore of Australian children / edited by Kate Darian-Smith & June Factor
Published Carlton, Vic. : Museum Victoria, 2005
Carlton Vic : Museum Victoria, 2005

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Description vii, 231 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- A forgotten pioneer / June Factor -- Children, families and the nation in 1950's Australia / Kate Darian-Smith -- Folklore of Australian children [1955] / Dorothy Howard -- The game of 'Knucklebones' in Australia / Dorothy Howard -- Australian 'Hoppy' (hopscotch) / Dorothy Howard -- Ball bouncing customs and rhymes in Australia / Dorothy Howard -- Autograph album customs in Australia / Dorothy Howard -- The 'Toodlembuck': Australian children's gambling device and game / Dorothy Howard -- Counting-out customs of Australian children / Dorothy Howard -- Marble games of Australian children / Dorothy Howard -- String games of Australian children / Dorothy Howard -- Folklore of Australian children [1965] / Dorothy Howard -- Courage in the playground: a tribute to Dorothy Howard / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Appendices: I Traditional games and play of Australian children -- II Australian schools visited or contacted by Dorothy Howard -- Works by Dorothy Howard -- Key resources for Australian children's folklore -- contributors -- index
Summary Dorothy Howard was the first person to document the play of Australian children. What she found was remarkable: hundreds of games, rhymes, sayings, chants, taunts, riddles and secret language
Analysis Australia
Howard (D)
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 220-226
Notes In English
Subject Howard, Dorothy, 1902-1996.
Folklore and children -- Australia.
Folklore -- Australia.
Games -- Australia.
Play -- Australia.
Genre/Form Works by women
Printed books
Festschriften.
Author Darian-Smith, Kate.
Factor, June, 1936-
Museum Victoria.
LC no. 2005440618
ISBN 0957747179 :
9780957747173
Other Titles Dorothy Howard and the folklore of Australian children