Historical information

24 June 1883 is recognised as the establishment of St John Ambulance in Australia.
St John Ambulance is a community-driven organisation with a 140-year history of providing First Aid in Australia.

Physical description

St John's Ambulance Association triangular fabric bandage with a number of illustrations of entire bodies or faces, showing how this bandage could be used in the event of injuries to various body parts. The fabric is labelled (black capital letters) BASE / ENDX / SIDEx2? POINT and two drawings of face and body read "FRONT VIEW and BACK VIEW. Numerals indicate different bandaging techniques and full figure or partial figure drawings that show how these bandages are applied to injured limbs or torso.

Inscriptions & markings

Symbol of St John's Ambulance Association in dark black on top point of bandage.