archaeology – Southern Archaeology

A Last Resort for Patients

The Cornwall Hospital – ‘overcrowded, filthy and full of vermin’

We’re not talking Orcs and Hobbits. This is digging the untimate folly. In early 2019, we excavated an 1850s homestead near Werribee in Victoria.

What about this hat? It’s the oldest hat we’ve unearthed and the only one of it’s type in Tassie.

Check out this brick! Yeah, it’s a brick but what’s with the arrow?
Get ready for some interesting historical facts…

I gotta tell you, these lambs were not actually silent, but they were very pesky! Our flags were routinely removed by Larry the Lamb.