tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post8276635986706299055..comments2023-08-18T19:57:30.372+10:00Comments on humanities researcher: My Year with Bluestone: "cheap" but "utilitarian"This old world is a new worldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-45438050675316714582015-02-05T18:08:01.527+11:002015-02-05T18:08:01.527+11:00Makes sense. I think those Clunes churches are abo...Makes sense. I think those Clunes churches are about 1870s.<br />Andrew Lynchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-67336202420795690682015-02-05T17:28:52.286+11:002015-02-05T17:28:52.286+11:00Excellent. I'll add them to my itinerary! Ther...Excellent. I'll add them to my itinerary! There are a few lovely ones just east of the Grampians, too, as I recall.<br /><br />Meanwhile, as if to prove my point that my "new" discovery will soon become commonplace in my sense of this project, I went to the Melbourne Museum today and read this: <br /><br />"By the 1880s bluestone was considered "gloomy" and was out ofThis old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31107360.post-11031147821902825592015-02-05T15:40:59.873+11:002015-02-05T15:40:59.873+11:00Fascinating. There are striking bluestone churches...Fascinating. There are striking bluestone churches in Clunes: Catholic, Anglican and Methodist. So for a regional parish it was the way to go when you had the money to move up from wood and brick. See https://www.google.com.au/search?q=clunes+church+image&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=z_PSVMDyCMTZ8gXU4oCoCg<br /><br />Andrew Lynchnoreply@blogger.com