Children perform dances at a garden party while adults look on. This includes children performing ballet and three children dressed in Japanese kimonos.

The Gerakiteys family celebrate their daughters’ birthday in their family garden. Their younger son watches on as the girls sit with their birthday cakes.

This clip includes five-year-old Wally being picked up and hugged by his parents; an older man dressed as Santa Claus; children on a seesaw and playing ring-a-rosie; Wally being pushed on a swing b

Adults and children hold hands and form a large circle in the back garden to play the children’s games 'ring-a-ring-a-rosie’ and ‘oranges and lemons’ as children pass underneath the arms of the two

We take a peek at the sugar-laden world of children's parties, with films dating from the 1920s to 1950s.

This clip shows members of the Canberra Greek community on their annual picnic at Good Hope just outside of Canberra on 26 December 1949.

An intertitle introduces the ‘monster parade’ as floats and exhibits parade down the street.

Children wearing party hats at the Dyer family home are seated around a table. Janet, the birthday girl, wears a blue dress and matching ribbon in her hair.

This clip contains shots of children playing in a garden for the fifth birthday of Wally Albion. It begins with a fixed shot of five-year-old Wally sitting on a table playing with a train set.

From the Film Australia Collection. Made by The National Film Board 1953. A tourist promotion for Melbourne with a difference.