Dunny Detectives: Back at School activities
Every object tells a story. A visit to the Melbourne Story exhibition demonstrates this fact very clearly. You can use museum resources once you are back at school to take your learning further.
The following videos were created by curators to provide an example of how the significance of an object is connected to a particular historical period. In this case we are looking at objects from the Marvellous Melbourne period.
1. Stained Glass Window
Watch the following video with curator Richard Gillespie:
Why is this stained glass window significant? What does it tell us about life during this period? Find out more on Collections Online:
2. Melbourne’s first Tram Cars
Watch the following video with curator David Crotty:
What stories do the trams have to tell? Find out more on Collections Online:
3. Symphonion
Watch the following video with curator David Demant:
How many households do you think would have had a symphonium during this time? Find out more on Collections Online:
4. Coles Mechanical Men
Watch the following video with curator Deb Tout-Smith:
Find out more about Mr Coles on Collections Online:
5. Cistern Flush Urinal
Watch the following video with curator David Crotty:
Find out where the first urinals were installed on Collections Online:
6. Frozen Charlotte
Watch the following video with curator Charlotte Smith:
What was life like for children at this time? Find out more on Collections Online:
7. Explore the Melbourne Story online
Find other objects of significance that tell a story about the past on Collections Online:
1880-1900 - Boom and Bust City & Little Lon
Events that occurred in early Melbourne 1880-1900 as outlined in Museums Victoria's Melbourne Story exhibition.Other activities
- Find out more about Archaeology on Melbourne today
- Explore the original maps used to develop the Melbourne Sewerage system
- Undertake a Small Object Big Story research project
- Create a digital history using our Making History resource
- Visit the Culture Victoria website for further resources