Splish Splash, They Were Taking a Bath

From the 1850s to the early 1900s, 25 different bathing facilities in Victoria allowed users to satisfy their personal hygiene needs, cure their ailments, and enjoy recreation. One could find hot, warm, and cold-water baths, seawater, steam, aromatic, sulphur, medicated, needle, friction, floating, Turkish, and electric baths. Meet the barbers, hoteliers, physicians, instructors, promoters, businessmen, and charlatans who presided over this watery world. OCS member Tim Fitzthum will present this new tour. No towels required!