Joined pair of painted balsa wood figures
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- Type
- Toys
- Materials
- Metal - non specific, Paint - non specific, Wood
- Collection
- Springfield - Faithfull Family collection
- Accession number
- 2005.0005.0041
Description
One balsa male figure light brown skin and wearing a blue hat and jacket and grey trousers, with part of his right foot missing. The other balsa male figure has black hair, red torso and dark brown skin. The legs of both figures swivel. The two figures are joined by their interlocked arms which swivel at the shoulder. A short length of thin fishing line loops through the centre of the interlocked arms to allow mobile to be hung.
About the collection
The Springfield Collection comprises about 1550 artefacts from Springfield station, south of Goulburn. It includes colonial era costume, a bushranger medal, surveying instruments, a late-19th century landau, firearms and edged weapons, wool samples and Joseph Foveaux's pocket watch and bible. The objects are complemented by over 400 photographs. This diverse collection reflects the growth and economic success of the property, responses to changes in the wool market and the daily lives of the people who have lived on Springfield. Springfield has grown from a 518-hectare land grant given to William Pitt Faithfull in 1828 to the current 3183 hectares with ownership remaining in the one family. William Pitt Faithfull established the Springfield Merino Stud in 1838 with ten rams selected from the Macarthur Camden Park stud. The stud evolved slowly over the years until the early 1950s when, under the management of Jim Maple-Brown, a scientific approach to wool-growing was adopted and the stud's name was changed to Fonthill to reflect this.
Read live from the Museum's Collection API (12/11/2026, 6:52:23 am). Record last updated by the Museum 2026-09-30. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.