Canvas water bag, c1960s

Canvas water bag, c1960s

Location

Australia
H25947
Queensland Museum
Brisbane, Queensland
29 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
355mm
350mm

Mary Watson's tank, 1881

Mary Watson, her infant son and Chinese servant Ah Sam escaped an attack by local Aboriginal people at Lizard Island in 1881 by rowing away in this iron beche-de-mer tank.

Location

Lizard Island Lizard island, QLD
Australia
14° 40' 4.9548" S, 145° 27' 49.5972" E
H43028
Queensland Museum
Lizard Island
29 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Lizard Island Lizard island, QLD
Australia
14° 40' 4.9548" S, 145° 27' 49.5972" E
Dimensions
610mm
1300mm
1250mm

Steiger Vortex rain-making gun, c1900

The Steiger Vortex gun is a cone-shaped barrel, fabricated from sheet steel, designed as a rainmaking device.

Location

Charleville, QLD
Australia
Queensland Museum
Brisbane
1 January 1902
1 January 1902
29 October 2010
Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010
Charleville, QLD
Australia
Dimensions
5000mm
1505mm
1020mm

Prickly pear singeing machine

Prickly pear singeing machine

A machine employed to control the rapid and devastating spread of prickly pear in Queensland. 

Location

Australia
H14375
Queensland Museum
28 October 2010

Copyright © Queensland Museum, 2010

Australia
Dimensions
580mm
1270mm
1550mm
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