Keykey the elephant windows#
On 3 rd January 1977, a Canadian bear, largest of the five bears at Rockbank, bit a man on his shoulder after he opened his car windows to take a photograph, while his wife and two children were also inside the car. In its short span of existence, the park also had its own tragic moments. There were twice a daily circus acts at the compound performed by birds and other animals for the enjoyment of the visitors. Gregory Bullen (Greg Bullen) was the man behind the running of Rockbank Lion Safari Park. An African Lion Safari operated from Rockbank from early 1970’s to 1982.Īt the Rockbank Lion Safari, visitors could drive through the open range safari park in their cars to view lions, bears, camels, giraffes, emus, deer, tigers and an elephant. At its peak the family also owned Bullen’s Lion Park and Multi Animal Display at Beenleigh in Queensland, Bullen’s Lion Park at Two Wells in Adelaide, South Australia and Cattle Donkey and Deer Ranch at Mudgee in NSW. Bullen’s Animal World was a circus style theme park operated at Wallacia in Sydney and Wanneroo in Perth, Western Australia. Īlfred Percival Bullen’s sons under the leadership of Stafford Bullen diversified into Safari Parks around the country and opened their first Bullen’s Lion Safari and Dolphinarium at Warragamba in Sydney in 1968. With the arrival television, circuses around the world were bidding adieu to the entertainment world and Bullen’s followed suite with their last performance on. In the 1940’s to 60’s Bullen’s Circus was counted as one of the prominent among Australian circuses. With their hard work and their ability to dream, by the 1920’s it grew into Bullen’s Circus. Image courtesy: FBĪlfred Percival Bullen and wife Lilian jointly with Alfred’s brothers used to run a travelling Circus Carnival in the mid 1910’s, of which main attraction was a Merri go round. Near the Ballarat road exit of Western Freeway, Bullen’s African Lion Safari owned by the then younger generation of the famous Bullen’s Circus family, attracted people from around Victoria. Rockbank then was a country town with a mixture of farms and tree less plains that were the hall mark of Melbourne’s west. MisHMasH donates 5% of the proceeds from the sale of each elephant key ring to elephant conservation efforts in Southern Africa.The new generation may find it hard to believe that an African Lion Safari Park existed at the Melbourne suburb of Rockbank in the 1970’s and 80’s. Afrographic donates 15% of the proceeds from the sale of elephant key rings to AERU, the African Elephant Research Unit in South Africa's Garden Route.
The leather is organically tanned and sourced from small producers along the East Coast of South Africa, and great care goes into the cutting, hand stitching and finishing of each piece.
Keykey the elephant zip#
They can also be used as zip buddy on a backpack or a fun addition to a handbag.Īfrographic is a collaboration between a small quality leather goods atelier in Cape Town and crafters in the Khayelitsha township.
How can you not love these beautifully detailed elephant keychains? What more could you want in a keychain than an elephant that gives back to elephants, and, if your lucky, will help you remember where your keys are. Afrographic's vision and passion is to support animal and humanitarian organizations in South Africa through the creation and sale of their locally designed handcrafted leather key rings
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