Historical information

The firm of W.D. & H.O. Wills is a British firm which first began making tobacco and cigarettes in Australia in 1913. This tin is a reminder of the times when many
people (especially men in rural areas) used to make their own cigarettes (‘rolling your own’).

Significance

This tin is retained as an example of a tobacco tin in the times when smoking was more popular in society and when pipe smoking and ‘rolling your own’ cigarettes
were more common.

Physical description

This is a round tin, originally painted brown, with a vacuum-sealing lid and a red and black painted label on the lid. The label has an image of a farm scene with a log
cabin. The base of the tin has a ridge in the middle on to which the lid fits. The tin is empty and very rusty.

Inscriptions & markings

‘Log Cabin Fine Cut Tobacco’

‘To open insert coin under lid and twist’