The recently acquired Storedoette is on display in ReCollect: Health and Medicine. A Storpedoette is a container used to safely deliver blood and other supplies to remote areas when dropped from any type of aircraft. It is a good example of Australian research and development undertaken in the 1950s. Storpedoettes were designed to be used during potential future wars, or when rail and road transport was impossible, such as in times of fire or flood. They delivered blood products and other emergency medical supplies throughout Australia and to neighbouring islands. Storpedoettes are small versions of Storpedos that were used to drop food and other supplies from planes during World War II. The Storpedoette holds two 1 litre bottles of blood and a transfusion kit.

It is important to demonstrate how this interesting object functioned so we wanted to display it with the parachute open. Conservators are often required to make props when displaying objects.