Suburban Poultry Egg Laying Competition (1915)

Simple roll-and-move game designed to show early 20th century everyday life in outer suburban Australia. The game has 365 spaces where players traverse across semi rural land dotted with Victorian era housing and chicken coops. Published by the National Games Company which is credited to have been the first large-scale Australian manufacturer of locally-designed board games. Recorded in the National Archives of Australia, where copyright registration and exhibit is dated 1915. This particular example is also featured in the book, Australian Toys by Luke Jones (2019) —user summary