obscure factoid

[mrsbrown]

The Dunolly hospital was a two storey building until, sometime at least 30 years ago, they decided to demolish the top floor and make it a single storey.

and I'm hot. It's 10.30pm and the temperature at the nearest weather station says it's 34.9degrees, so much for Melbourne's fabulous diurnal temperature range that we keep telling clients about!

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[mr-bassman.livejournal.com]

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~adhs/196Sep01.htm

Dunolly was without a hospital in its early years, with sick people going to Maryborough Hospital for treatment. Late in 1860, the Dunolly Hospital was declared open, it being a two-storey building and in time was set in lovely gardens. In the 1960s, the top floor was removed to meet fire risk regulations. In very recent months, the local people have fought a determined battle to save their hospital and now await an extension of a further six beds.