Summary
Alternative Name(s): Wall Poster
Used in Carlton, Melbourne. The wall chart was indicated by Professor Sir Frederick Mc Coy, and is the second edition of the chart. Mc Coy was knighted in 1891. Collected from the school library in 1992, together with other maps and charts.
Physical Description
A wall chart titled "Dangerous Snakes of Victoria", which is divided into five parts. The wall chart in the u.c. depicts a tiger snake, with smaller graphic drawings of the head and body of the tiger snake in the u.l. of the chart. There are also graphic drawings of the tiger snake in the u.r. of the snake's head. Below the tiger snake is a picture of a copper-headed snake in the lower u.c. and there are graphic drawings of the head of the snake in the u.l. There are also graphic drawings in the u.r. of the head of the copper- headed snake. In the c. of the wall chart a brown snake is depicted with smaller grapic drawings in the c.l. and c.r. of the brown snake's head and body. The l.c. of the chart has a picture of a black snake, with a drawing of the snake's body in the l.l. and the snake's head in the l.r. Beneath the black snake in the l.c. is a drawing of a death adder. There are also graphic drawings in the l.l. of the snake's body and in the l.r. of the death adder's head.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Carlton North Primary School, 27 Jul 1992
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Authorised By
Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891 or later
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Place Used
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Inscriptions
Text: DANGEROUS SNAKES OF VICTORIA/TIGER SNAKE/ COPPER-HEADED SNAKE/BROWN SNAKE/BLACK SNAKE/ DEATH ADDER.
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Maximum dimensions
857 mm (Width), 1420 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation. These include the wooden baton attached to the top edge.
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Overall Dimensions
840 mm (Width), 1400 mm (Height)
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Minimum dimensions
831 mm (Width), 1420 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation. These are the measurements of the paper poster (without the baton)
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