Summary
This orange and cream glass marble was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003.
'When I was a child, we played in the street with hoops; we played hopscotch, and chasey, and cowboys and Indians, running right round the blocks and that. We even played marbles too.' (Marie Hayes, born and raised in Little Lon 1920-1940)
To the children who lived there, Little Lon was home. The streets and lanes were their playground - for tossing knucklebones, flicking marbles or chasing over the cobblestones. Their chants and laughter were part of the sounds of Little Lon.
Physical Description
This is glass marble with orange and cream opaque glass swirls.
Physical Description
Description for Parent Record: includes four marbles, three with opaque glass swirls, one large glass marble.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Context Number
16/05/36
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Site
[CCS] Australia, Victoria, Commonwealth Block, Melbourne
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
15 mm (Width)
average measurement of three marbles. Largest = 25mm diameter
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Object Dimensions
15 mm (Width)
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