The 1920s Life of the Porter Children, Ella and Hazel

About this Event

🕰️ Discover what life was like for the children, **Ella and Hazel**, particularly during the **1920s**. 🧸 Experience a world of non-plastic toys. Tin-plate mechanical toys are a favourite and probably date from before 1914. See early dolls made from wood and cloth and discover the changes from cloth to pre-plastics, early celluloid and more modern soft plastics. 📚 The museum’s school magazines, photographs, reports, certificates and prizes paint a fascinating picture of school life at the time. Visitors can turn the pages of replicas and learn how children were taught, learnt to draw and wrote suitable poems. ✏️ Young visitors can compare their own school experiences with those of Ella and Hazel and discover how their classrooms and reports differ. 🎉 Come and have fun with the Porter children—with not a Barbie in sight! 📍 **Location:** Miss Porter’s House Museum, 434 King Street, Newcastle West, 2302 🏛️ **Organiser:** National Trust 📅 **Date:** 11 October 2026 🕐 **Time:** 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm 🔄 **Schedule:** Second Sunday of each month 🎟️ **Admission fees:** - National Trust members — **FREE** - Adult — **$12** - Concession* — **$10** - Family — **$34** - Children under 5 years — **FREE** ℹ️ *Concession applies to full-time students, seniors, pensioners and children aged 5–15 years.* 🔗 **Booking link:** [Visit the National Trust website](https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/miss-porters-house/)

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Location

Miss Porter’s House, 434 King St, , Newcastle West, NSW 2302