Basin Size:XL its empty windows and peeling

its empty windows and peeling paint marking the end of seasonal work that once brought gangs of men together each year

A concrete staircase inside the Former Standard Brickworks at Box Hill

one of 59 structures Brett Patman photographed across the Snowy Monaro and Hunter Valley between 2016 and 2019

its arching shell streaked with rust

shearers' quarters

Basin Size:XL its empty windows and peelingA porcelain basin, worn and stained, sits within one of the female wards of the Kirkbride Complex. Built between 1880 and 1885, Callan Park's ward blocks were designed as a curative environment, where the architecture itself was considered part of the treatment. The basin is what remains. Part of the Callan Park series.