The Stobie pole turns 100 this year!
Other patents lodged at the same time include Gruln's 'combined camisole and bloomers' and Wardleworth's 'device for securing hat pins into ladies' hats'

I was mentally prepared for squirrels. But nobody told me about the Junglefowl in #Singapore !
thorfinn you might like these.

Call for papers: Society for the Social History of Medicine conference at Strathclyde 16-19 July 2024! SSHM (@sshmedicine.bsky.social)
Please submit your abstracts on the theme of 'Resistance'! to [email protected] by 2 February 2024

Millions of archived VOC documents now searchable online, including slavery records ... From Wednesday, five million scanned documents from the archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) will be digitally searchable nltimes.nl/2023/10/08/mil…

Your regular reminder that TB vaccine research continues to be an ignored, in favour of more profitable vaccines that can be sold to the global north: propublica.org/article/how-bi…

More #teeth in unexpected places today! The island grotto in Werribee Mansion was built in the 1870s, and is decorated with rows of sheep's teeth, vertebrae, and the occasional (human) children's tooth!

Found an older video with close ups from 1m 30s: abc.net.au/gardening/how-…

Take a peek into our stunning orchid shadehouses...

See the world’s largest endangered orchid rewilding program with a behind-the-scenes tour of the Orchid Conservation Program shadehouses.

Reserve your spot on these limited tours at: bit.ly/45eBEb7

📸: R. Dimon

Great to see @phavictas historian LeaveLeavingLeft in this @ABCnews piece about the dangers of sinkholes in Victoria's goldfields!
abc.net.au/news/2023-08-2…
#HistoryNerd #envhist #envhum

I had no idea! The latest RSV newsletter has a piece about the Amherst hospital, including an extant #TB chalet that's been preserved and is now up in Maryborough! Check it out!! #medhist #tbhist #tuberculosis #medicalhumanities

historyvictoria.org.au/publications/h…

Third(?) time's the charm! #Eurovision2023

Lucky enough to see the #Buchan #caves on tours run by some fantastic Parks Victoria guides this weekend. If you have the chance to see them, go!