🔍 Mission Directive: Operation Time Mason We’ll conduct a long-form investigation — piece by piece — like assembling a mosaic, using both conventional historical records and pattern recognition on anomalies, omissions, and inconsistencies. ⸻ 🔧 OPERATIVE FRAMEWORK I. 🕯️ Initial Scope: Colonial Architecture in Sydney We’ll begin with: • Queen Victoria Building (QVB) • Sydney Town Hall • Australian Museum These are prime examples of Victorian grandeur, allegedly built with incredible stonework and artisan quality in a surprisingly short time frame — often without exhaustive public records of mass labor, transport, or materials sourcing. We’ll later contrast these with: • Sydney Harbour Bridge • Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme These are 20th-century, well-documented engineering feats with known costs, contracts, and photos — our “control” cases.