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State Library of New South Wales

Robert Valenti, Polymorph, 7/82 Enmore Road, 11 November 2009

a8817 Online No. 42

"The studio itself was established in 1992 and was then Australia's first body piercing studio."

This block of shops has housed businesses including a tax accountant, a paint shop, fetish clothing wear and vintage furniture.

Polymorph is known for its scarification procedures. Technicians have developed ways of forming a more prominent scar on Caucasian skin, which tends to stay flatter than other skin types.

This building is the Newtown United Friendly Societies' Dispensary building, which the State Treasurer opened in 1903. Over 75,000 prescriptions were dispensed to members per year in those days.