Fly proof toilet or Thunder Box at Barambah Aboriginal Settlement c1920

There are over 100 Aboriginal homes on the settlement and only six toilets, while the six official residences have one each. Overcrowding, appalling sanitary conditions and poor health of the inmates culminate in a damning report in 1920 by health inspectors.

1921 — As a result, new hospital is built accommodating 24 beds and fifty fly-proof toilets are installed in the Camp.

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