Taswegian1957

Counting Down to Barbie’s Birthday: 1960-69


Wedding Day 1959-63

During Barbie’s first decade she went from ponytail to pageboy to mod. Her friends and family made their first appearances and she had many beautiful outfits. The Swirl Ponytail Barbie was the first to be sold in Australia and the first Barbie I ever saw. I am sure that nobody had any idea back then how collectable these dolls would become in the future. Here are Barbie and some of her sixties friends and family from our collections.

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Published by Taswegian1957

I was born in England in 1957 and lived there until our family came to Australia in 1966. I grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, where I met and married my husband David. We came together over a mutual love of trains. Both of us worked for the railways for many years, his job was with Australian National Railways, while I spent 12 years working for the STA, later TransAdelaide the Adelaide city transit system. After leaving that job I worked in hospitality until 2008. We moved to Tasmania in 2002 to live in the beautiful Huon Valley. In 2015 David became ill and passed away in October of that year. I currently co-write two blogs on WordPress.com with my sister Naomi. Our doll blog "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls", and "Our Other Blog" which is about everything else but with a focus on photographs and places in Tasmania. In November 2019 I began a new life in the house that Naomi and I intend to make our retirement home at Sisters Beach in Tasmania's northwest. My current housemates are Cindy, my 14-year-old Staffy-Lab X dog and Polly the world's most unsociable cat who is seven.

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  1. Great slide show for this post. Lots of colour and variety, I was happy to see my Stacey, Francie and Twiggy. Going to buy some more outfits for them one day. Been indulging in some of my other hobbies recently so been away from buying doll stuff for a bit. Maybe I have too many hobbies and things I collect but I love it all I can’t give any of them up. My wish list includes outfits for all my mod dolls and a mod house for them to live in. One day!

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  2. mw too .Love all the sixties dolls..and cousin clones and home-made clothes. I was so excted about Barbie week like the guys (mostly my son) about shark week, I put up a small litsign w/ Happy Birthday Barbie..hubby thought it was a little over the top. Great pics..love these dolls.

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