Development

Annual rainfall, 1902

Australia

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1 January 1902

24 November 2010

Location

Australia

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24 November 2010

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

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Queensland Museum

23 November 2010

Australia

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Dimensions

66mm

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

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Queensland Museum

23 November 2010

Australia

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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

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Queensland Museum

23 November 2010

Australia

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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.