Main Conveyor at Hornsby Quarry, one of the main conveyors of the processing plant.

Series · 12 prints

Hornsby Quarry

Photographed 2015
Frames 12
Camera NIKON D7000
Location New South Wales, Australia
Status Hornsby Park under staged development; bulk earthworks completed February 2025
Closed 2002
Specs Up to 120 m deep at southern face · Quarry void ~300 m square · Jurassic diatreme cross-section
01 ABOUT THIS SERIES

Series story

Map · Mapbox · OpenStreetMap

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.

03 PRINTS

Prints in this series

Main Conveyor at Hornsby Quarry, one of the main conveyors of the processing plant.
Main Conveyor
Control Desk at Hornsby Quarry, the main control panel within the processing plant.
Control Desk
Conveyor Eight at Hornsby Quarry, a cross-sectional view of a conveyor.
Conveyor Eight
Ground Level at Hornsby Quarry, stairs down to the ground level of the processing plant.
Ground Level
Level Two at Hornsby Quarry, possibly the level where the screening took place.
Level Two
Screening Conveyor at Hornsby Quarry, where material from the quarry would be screened into different sizes.
Screening Conveyor
Stairs Down at Hornsby Quarry, stairs going down one of the levels of the plant.
Stairs Down
Quarry Void at Hornsby Quarry, the void from where the material was removed and sent to the processing plant via a series.
Quarry Void
Basement at Hornsby Quarry, this subterranean space at Hornsby Quarry holds pools of water on its concrete floor.
Basement
Control Room Entrance at Hornsby Quarry, a small platform before the entrance to the control room of the plant.
Control Room Entrance
Screening at Hornsby Quarry, the next step after one of the conveyors that brought raw material from the quarry.
Screening
Air Compressor at Hornsby Quarry, used to provide pressurised air for operation of equipment within the plant.
Air Compressor
04 ABOUT THE PRINTS

How they’re made

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