Snake bite kit, pre 1970s

Queensland is home to a number of venomous snakes and the risk of death from snake bite is a real threat for remote outdoor workers. This snake bite kit was issued to government forestry worke

Location

Australia
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010, H15971
Australia
Dimensions
66mm
12mm
12mm

Miner's safety lamp

Miners used safety lamps such as this from the nineteenth century to light underground mines. In coal mines they shielded the naked flame from potentially explosive mixtures of methane and oxygen.

Location

Australia
Queensland Museum
Salford, Manchester, England
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
250mm
80mm
80mm
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