Date Time Development of world class underground lab on track Vice-Chancellor Professor Duncan Maskell was joined underground by a group which included Troy Cole and David Coe from Stawell Gold Mines, Dr Richard Garret (ANSTO), Professor Elisabetta Barberio, Professor Liz Sonenberg and Tom Kelly (University of Melbourne), Professor Jeremy Mould (Swinburne University of Technology) and James Troon. Image: Supplied University of Melbourne Vice Chancellor Professor Duncan Maskell toured the much-anticipated Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) on Thursday, which is on track to become the first lab in the southern hemisphere to conduct research into ‘dark matter’. Professor Maskell and Centre of Dark Matter Particle Physics Director Elisabetta Barberio toured the site at the Stawell Gold Mine with the Minister for Regional Development Mary-Anne Thomas.