April 19, 2009 11:41 by
philipPeople ask about all sorts of things at the Immigration Discovery Centre, including its columns. "What's this stuff?" asked one visitor from Perth, touching the dark stone. So we learnt about bluestone together, researching the quarries that sprang up to the north of Melbourne in the first years of European settlement, learning that the material was sought after for prisons, cathedrals and cobblestones. "Oh look," I enthused, "they used it for the Carlton Receiving House for the Insane - and Pentridge!" A moment of silence; we looked at the walls.
Photo: Philip Thiel Source: Museum Victoria
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