Annual rainfall, 1902

Australia
1 January 1902
24 November 2010
24 November 2010

Location

Australia
Brisbane
George Arthur Vaughan, Government Printer
Collection of Queensland State Archives
Water Supply Department, Map of Queensland showing Annual Rainfall to end of 1902. The area of each blue and white circle is proportional to the rainfall. The scale is from 5 to 200 inches. Measurements are from 141 meteorological stations throughout the State. Collection of Queensland State Archives

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

Machine shears

Wool was a central colonial economy for Queensland and the basis for European expansion and settlement. The arrival of large numbers of sheep transformed the physical landscape.

Location

Australia
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010, H19798
Australia
Dimensions
92mm
470mm
65mm

Rabbit trap

Rabbits introduced to Queensland, as in other parts of Australia, rapidly became a pest and damaged agricultural land and native vegetation.

Location

Australia
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010, H26958
Australia
Dimensions
128mm
845mm
73mm

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

Inlaid timber table, c1930s

Inlaid timber table, c1930s

Location

Australia
H42605
Queensland Museum
Southport, Queensland
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
982mm
1565mm
820mm

Dive helmet, pre 1939

This diving helmet was used by deep sea divers in the early twentieth century.

Location

Australia
H3866
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010
Australia

Queensland Railways Refreshment Room uniform

Uniforms such as this one were worn by refreshment room attendants and catering staff on trains in Queensland Rail.

Location

Australia
R1567, R1555
Queensland Museum
23 November 2010
 Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010 
Australia
Dimensions
1120mm
980mm
4mm

Rainforest basket, 1914-16

Rainforest basket, 1914-16

Location

Australia
QE1477
Queensland Museum
Wrights Creek, north-east Queensland
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
480mm
450mm
300mm

Ceremonial rabbit tail headdress, c1940

Ceremonial rabbit tail headdress, c1940

Location

Birdsville, QLD
Australia
25° 53' 53.8476" S, 139° 21' 12.8916" E
QE3427
Queensland Museum
Birdsville
23 November 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Birdsville, QLD
Australia
25° 53' 53.8476" S, 139° 21' 12.8916" E
Dimensions
1100mm
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