@bastardsheep I didn't know that meme could be improved, but with your username it has!
Most appropriate! TEETH! TEETH! TEETH!
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@pfh I've been back a couple of times, and haven't been stalked by the sheep ever again. They clearly thought I was there to feed them, instead of stare at derelict hospital buildings.
Oh! and just because, here is the former Amherst hospital site, from when I visited in September this year, and back in 2017. The concrete cube is the former mortuary.
And thanks to the RHSV newsletter back in August, I have now seen the surviving Amherst #TB chalet! It is now being cared for by the Talbot Arts and Communications Museum/Talbot Arts & Historical Museum, in central Victoria. The museum doesn't seem to have an online presence, sadly.
(But, neither do the two chalets at St John's Park, in New Town, Hobart!)
@liamvhogan I think this might be the animal bone equivalent of the embalming Bottle House in Boswell, Canada: "Extremely Thrifty"!
I'm not sure if I keep finding about decorative uses for teeth, or if they keep finding me. But please enjoy the floor of the 1870s-built grotto at Werribee Mansion.
That's not a mosaic tile floor, it's sheep vertebrae, and apparently sheep and human (children's) teeth!
@liamvhogan Don't encourage me, I have a stash of old photos!
I clearly need to use this service more often, I can't figure out how to add an image description any more.
I had no idea about this!
The latest Royal Historical Society of Victoria newsletter has a piece about the Amherst hospital, including an extant #TB chalet.
It's been preserved and is now up in Maryborough! I only knew about the surviving chalets in New Town, Hobart (pictured in 2017).
Check it out here: https://www.historyvictoria.org.au/publications/history-news/
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