A Popular Account of Australian Snakes: Book Book by Edgar Waite of the Australian Museum which was published in 1898. It was the first book published on the topic since Gerard Krefft's The snakes of Australia was published in 1869. Milestone First published 1898 {"name":"First published","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1898<\/span>"},"date_start":"1898-01-01","date_end":"1898-01-01"} Type Book {"name":"Book","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}