Nissen Hut In The Distance Colour:White its painted walls peeling back

its painted walls peeling back through layers of colour applied over nearly a century of continuous use

The peeling paint and grime of a long-abandoned section of what was once Australia's first purpose-built moral therapy hospital

A solitary pot sits on a rusted stove beneath a grimy window

Milling Area at Ashio

The Leichhardt factory was once described as the biggest independent bakery in Australia

Nissen Hut In The Distance Colour:White its painted walls peeling backA Nissen hut sits alone in open pastoral country, its corrugated iron shell catching the light against a wide rural sky. Structures like this were common across NSW wool properties from the mid 20th century, serving as shearers' quarters, storage, or general farm shelter. Part of The Woolshed series.