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

At the start of the twentieth century, many workers in Rockhampton laboured more than 56 hours a week, earned low pay and suffered poor conditions.

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