Chimneys palm trees by Brett's own account

by Brett's own account

personal effects scattered across the floor

Chichibu Mine and the company town built around it sustained families for decades before metal extraction ceased in 1978 and the settlement slowly emptied

It sits within one of the few surviving industrial sites in Victoria to retain material evidence of the complete production sequence

its purpose written into the fabric of the structure itself

Chimneys palm trees by Brett's own accountA red brick chimney stack rises above a corrugated iron roof oxidised to deep rust, capped with a sheet metal cowl added by a previous occupant. The chimneys belong to the postmaster's residence at Big Hill Post Office, north of Marulan on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales. Bare branches reach in from the left against a flat grey sky. Part of the Big Hill Post Office series.