Historical information
A food safe was a piece of domestic equipment widely used in Australia before refrigeration to preserve perishable food in summer.
Significance
A food safe was a common domestic item widely used in rural Victoria before cheap refrigeration was available.
Physical description
A rectangular tin food safe. It is painted green and has thin wire bent into a triangular shape for hanging.Inside is a cream coloured painted shelf. It has six circular air vents on three sides and four on the door.
