The Cubbies
The Battle for Australia's First Adventure Playground
$27.25
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2024
Summary
This is the rollicking tale of Australia’s first true adventure playground, when children were allowed to use a patch of public land as their own backyard, to play in freely as they wished, not as adults directed them. They chased their dreams and escaped their everyday lives by scavenging materials, building cubbies, experimenting with fires and gardens, launching boats and never giving up their conniving efforts to keep pets.
It’s also a slice of life in the exciting Whitlam days of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922979698 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922979694 |
| Author: | Joan Healey |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing |
| Imprint: | Monash University Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 404g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 156mm x 272mm |
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Joan Healey
Joan Healey
Born in Melbourne in 1934, Joan Healey worked various jobs, including pressing shirts in a factory, as a lingerie salesgirl, clerk telephonist, and assistant librarian, before being offered a journalism cadetship at Murdoch’s Woman’s Day magazine. She went on to work at Adelaide News Ltd and ABC Sydney radio news.
Joan then hitchhiked and camped around Australia for six months, before heading off on overseas adventures for several years, eventually finding herself in London. Looking for work, she discovered adventure playgrounds and landed a job in a rough part of the East End working at one.
After deciding to return home to Melbourne, Joan brought back information about adventure playgrounds with her and reluctantly agreed to try one as a short holiday program in Fitzroy.
Joan currently lives in Altona, Melbourne, with her foster grandson, Haylen.
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