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01 Hornsby QuarryHornsby2015
ISO 10010sf/8.024mm
Series · 13 prints
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Hornsby Quarry was a bluestone quarry in Old Man's Valley, Hornsby, that ran under private operators from the early 1900s until 2002. Decommissioned in 2003, it was acquired by Hornsby Shire Council later that year for $26 million following a determination by the NSW Land and Environment Court. What the quarrying exposed is geologically extraordinary: more than 100 metres of cross-section through a Jurassic diatreme volcanic neck, a world-class array of volcanic features described in 2022 as a geoheritage treasure. The Higgins family cemetery, with burials between 1875 and 1925, sits within the site and is separately heritage-listed. Rehabilitation works were approved on 4 November 2020 and the site is being transformed into Hornsby Park, with the quarry void retained as a geological feature.
Hand-signed limited editions, printed from the original RAW file. Editions run from 100 down to 25 and are not reissued once they sell through.
Made to order by Brett in Sydney, from the original RAW file. Each print is hand-signed and numbered before it ships.
Paper
Ilford Galerie cotton rag, 310 gsm. Acrylic on metallic gloss, 260 gsm.
Lead time
Unframed: 5 to 10 business days. Framed and acrylic: 10 to 20.
Often I'd find myself looking at the machines and architecture and challenging myself to find one single object designed purely for aesthetics. Craftsmanship made way for efficiency in engineering long before I'd even left school.
The Guardian
On the LC archive.
People talk about what it was like to work or stay in these places, who they knew, what they did, how great the Christmas parties were, that store man nobody liked, what all the different machines were, how they worked and what became of them.
Broadsheet
On the LC archive.
There's this sense of wonder you get when looking at abandoned buildings. You try to imagine what these spaces were like when they were filled with busy workers trying to meet production targets. And why did they close?
The Guardian
On the LC archive.
