It was one of the earliest children's games to depict Australian animals,probably played with a teetotum, a spinning top , and is said to have been a variation on the Game of the Goose .
According to Douglas Stewart Fine Books , Melbourne, which has it listed for $9500, the kangaroo tile image was taken from the famous depiction by George Stubbs (1722) ,which was frequently reused by engravers over decades .
The bookshop is also offering an album of photographs dealing with the central Victorian goldrush of 1868 - 1873 , compiled by English gentleman , mining company co-director and amateur photographer , Henry William Lamb , son of an artist, bookseller and publisher, It includes photos of Tasmania and Fiji , $35,000.
Lamb built a splendid English house over four years at Fryerstown , at a cost 1600 pound , complete with a cellar , a vineyard, fruit trees . A keen gardener, he even won prizes for his pansies . On returning to England he had a distinguished career as a diplomat .
