
Believe it or not! Posted on[March 9, 2016](http://flindersarchaeology.com/2016/03/09/believe-it-or-not/ "6:47 am")by[MatthewThorley](http://flindersarchaeology.com/author/matthewthorley/ "View all posts by MatthewThorley")|[Leave a comment](http://flindersarchaeology.com/2016/03/09/believe-it-or-not/#respond)*By Matthew Thorley, Graduate

Mid- late February was a busy time in Willow Court with a lot of positive activity happening all around the site. The Flinders University students focused mostly on the Barracks Precinct and a private firm called Wallis Heritage Consulting doing some other field work in the Ladies Cottage or J

Another incredible blog from Flinders University, this time it describes a love letter that was found recently in the Ladies Cottage or J Ward. Unfortunately due to its age, the letter is not in great condition and only parts of it are legible. However reading whats left of this love

Great Blog Post from Flinders University about the different pressed metal ceiling designs in the Barracks. http://flindersarchaeology.com/2016/02/23/ceiling-the-barracks-the-pressed-metal-designs-of-a-mental-institution/

**The 2015 Advanced Archaeology Field School crossed a (large) number of things off the ‘to do’ list. With geophysicist Kelsey Lowe from the University of Queensland, students surveyed almost all of the open areas around the Willow Court buildings (including the Carlton Yard, the southern Allonah yard, the rear of