Billy Can HC261

Lightweight enamel cooking pot in the form of a metal bucket, commonly used for boiling water, making tea/coffee or cooking over a campfire, or to carry water. These utensils are more commonly known simply as a billy or occasionally as a billy can. 

> Click here to listen to an old New Zealand folk song 'Black Billy Tea' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg-mX5M4PaM

max dimension: 315mm
 
subject area: Social Science
 
specific themes: Cooking, camping, history

handling collection number: HC261

Aotearoa Histories Curriculum Link

• Years 1-3 Kōwhiringa ohaoha me te whai oranga | Economic Activity > Living and Working > The ways different groups of people have lived and worked in this rohe have changed over time.