Tiger Snake

Snake Bites
In Australia there are about 3,000 snake bites per year, of which 200 to 500 receive antivenin; on average one or two will prove fatal. About half the deaths are due to bites from the brown snake; the rest mostly from tiger snake, taipan and death adder. There have been some deaths which are sudden, however in fact it is uncommon to die within four hours of a snake bite.
Struan Sutherland's 'Death from snake bite in Australia, 1981-1991' ) has further details regarding the topic.
In 1906, the untreated death rates were as high as 40% to 50% for tiger snake and death adder bites! This has been reduced considerably, due to improved supportive treatment and the availability of effective antivenoms.