Fireplace at Mill Pond Farm, a brick fireplace stands at the centre of the room, its chimney column rising.

01 Mill Pond FarmJembaicumbene2022

ISO 1001/3 secf/8.0125mm

Series · 52 prints

Mill Pond Farm

Photographed 2022
Frames 52
Camera NIKON D850 · L1D-20c
Location NSW, Australia · New South Wales, Australia
Status Restored; gallery and private residence
Specs Four-storey flour mill · Granite and brick construction · Spring-fed millpond
01 ABOUT THIS SERIES

Series story

Map · Mapbox · OpenStreetMap

Mill Pond Farm sits in Jembaicumbene, near Braidwood, on land first worked as the region's earliest dairy in the 1830s. In 1859 a Yorkshire-born goldminer named Charles Dransfield built a four-storey Steam Flour Mill on the property, designed by Sydney architect Charles Langley. A 24-horsepower steam engine ground wheat, sawed timber, and crushed quartz to extract gold. The mill ran until 1885, when the railway arriving in Tarago undercut local flour prices, the financial depression hit, and repeated wheat rust outbreaks finished the run. The mill, stables, and dairy buildings sat unworked for nearly a century. Restoration is in progress.

03 PRINTS

Prints in this series

Hand-signed and numbered, printed from the original RAW file. Open editions in the two smallest sizes; limited editions of 100, 50 and 25 in the three larger, never reissued once they sell through.

Split windscreen and bonnet of an old vehicle at Jembaicumbene, scratched glass and rusted paint.
Windscreen and Bonnet
Timber sash window at Jembaicumbene, dusty panes and cobwebs framing a green paddock and overcast sky.
Window and Field
Farm buildings at Jembaicumbene, a red iron roofed barn and timber cottage across a green paddock.
Weatherboard Homestead
Twin timber sash windows at Jembaicumbene, whitewashed brick wall with exposed red brick reveals.
Whitewashed Brick Wall
Covered timber walkway at Jembaicumbene, peeling red plank wall beside a stone trough.
Verandah Walkway
Upper room at Jembaicumbene grain store, two sash windows in a whitewashed brick wall under timber beams.
Twin Sash Windows
Upper room at Jembaicumbene mill, whitewashed brick walls and two sash windows over a bare timber floor.
Upper Mill Room
An old truck with a faded blue and rust body parked front-on inside the timber wagon barn at Jembaicumbene, its chrome grille and round headlights lit by a small window above.
Truck in Barn
Truck cab interior at Jembaicumbene, dust-covered steering wheel above a faded blue dashboard.
Truck Cab Interior
Timber shed interior at Braidwood, two trunk posts rising from a straw-covered floor.
Timber Shed Interior
Timber stable at Braidwood, rusting red iron roof beside a tall grey grain silo.
Timber Stable
Feed trough and timber walls at Jembaicumbene barn, straw scattered across the dirt floor.
Timber Feed Trough
Brick and stone mill facade at Jembaicumbene, central loading doors with a small iron balcony.
Three Storey Facade
Three storey mill at Jembaicumbene, stone base under brick walls and a rusting pitched roof.
Three Storey Mill
Pitched roof and brick gable at Jembaicumbene, copper and grey iron cladding with a brick chimney.
Aerial Brick Building
A long timber table with turned legs on a straw-strewn floor of broken boards, with multi-pane windows and an open plank door visible in a derelict interior at Jembaicumbene, New South Wales.
Strawn Floor Room
Shed interior at Jembaicumbene, a stone grindstone on a timber frame beside a conical metal vessel.
Stone Wheel Frame
A wooden staircase rises along the stone wall of a timber-floored room at Jembaicumbene, with two double-hung windows in the rear wall looking out to open ground.
Stone Room Staircase
A dust-covered steering wheel and faded blue dashboard with a round gauge cluster inside an abandoned truck cab at Jembaicumbene.
Steering Wheel Detail
Six multi-pane sash windows set in three pairs across a brick and stone facade at Jembaicumbene, with corrugated metal roofing above and tall grass and purple flowering plants at the base.
Six Window Facade
Two rusted corrugated iron-roofed timber sheds and galvanised grain silos behind a post-and-rail fence at Jembaicumbene, NSW.
Rusted Roof Sheds
Aerial view of an L-shaped farm complex with grey and red corrugated iron roofing, surrounded by green paddocks at Jembaicumbene, New South Wales.
Red and Grey Rooftops
A weatherboard homestead with Gothic Revival bargeboards and a corrugated iron roof, a timber outbuilding to the right, and a broad green paddock in the foreground at Jembaicumbene, NSW.
Paddock and Cottage
Interior of the 1840s timber wagon barn at Jembaicumbene, looking through an open doorway to a green paddock and treeline, with a chain and hay net hanging from weathered posts and straw on the dirt floor.
Open Barn Doorway
Timber staircase and rope hoist mechanism on the mill hoist floor at Jembaicumbene, with a stone block wall and heavy hardwood beams overhead.
Mill Hoist Floor
A long timber table with turned legs stands on a straw-strewn floor inside a derelict outbuilding at Mill Pond Farm, Jembaicumbene, with exposed rafters overhead and light entering from windows on either side.
Long Timber Table
A weathered corrugated iron building with empty window openings and an open doorway stands in tall grass at Jembaicumbene, New South Wales.
Long Iron Building
A long, weathered corrugated iron shed with timber-framed windows stands behind tall summer grass and yellow wildflowers at Jembaicumbene, New South Wales, under an overcast sky.
Long Corrugated Shed
A rusting cast iron flywheel cutter with a large spoked wheel and curved toothed arc stands in long grass beside a wooden farm gate, with the brick and stone mill building at Jembaicumbene visible behind.
Iron Flywheel Cutter
Aerial view of the Mill Pond Farm homestead at Jembaicumbene, showing hipped grey roofs, chimneys, a corrugated iron outbuilding, a timber barn, a vegetable garden, and surrounding green paddocks.
Homestead Aerial View
Old leather and metal harness pieces hang along a corrugated iron wall inside a timber shed at Jembaicumbene, with fallen beams and loose straw covering the dirt floor.
Harness Wall
A green cast iron hand pump on a square pedestal in tall grass, with a galvanised bucket hung from the spout, in a paddock at Jembaicumbene.
Hand Water Pump
A large stone wheel on a timber frame inside a weathered barn at Jembaicumbene, with a plank door, louvred window, straw-covered dirt floor, and corrugated iron roof on rough timber beams.
Grindstone in Barn
A rust-streaked General Motors Truck nameplate on a corroded faded blue body panel photographed at Jembaicumbene, New South Wales.
GMC Hood Emblem
Chrome GMC nameplate centred on a rusted truck grille with worn horizontal bars and faded red and blue bodywork at Jembaicumbene.
GMC Grille Badge
A rusting General Motors truck with faded blue paint and a pink and yellow steel wheel, parked inside a timber board barn at Jembaicumbene.
GMC Front Wheel
A rust-spotted General Motors Truck nameplate on a weathered blue vehicle panel with flaking paint, photographed at Jembaicumbene.
General Motors Badge
A cast iron gear and drum hoist mechanism on a heavy timber frame, with diagonal bracing beams and a whitewashed brick wall behind, photographed on an upper floor at Jembaicumbene.
Geared Hoist Mechanism
Aerial view of the formal gravel courtyard at Mill Pond Farm, Jembaicumbene, with a circular stone fountain at centre, clipped hedges, and grey corrugated metal roofs surrounding on three sides.
Garden Courtyard Aerial
The four-storey brick and stone flour mill at Jembaicumbene, its steep gabled end wall rising above long grass under a grey sky, with a timber door set into the granite base and small windows above.
Gabled End Wall
A rendered fireplace and brick chimney in a derelict room at Jembaicumbene, with whitewashed walls, a debris-strewn timber plank floor, and partly exposed roof framing overhead.
Fireplace and Chimney
A pair of large corrugated metal barn doors with arched tops set into a weathered grey timber wall, with a concrete pad and timber farm gate to the right, at Jembaicumbene.
Corrugated Barn Doors
Interior of a derelict room at Jembaicumbene with a partly collapsed corrugated metal roof open to the sky, exposed timber rafters, rendered walls, a four-pane sash window, an open timber door to a paddock, and a torn red rug on broken floorboards.
Collapsed Roof Room
A red-painted chaff cutter with a large flywheel and toothed feed rollers on splayed timber legs, inside a whitewashed brick outbuilding at Mill Pond Farm, Jembaicumbene.
Chaff Cutter Machine
A rusted cast iron sharpening stand with a spoked hand wheel and toothed gear sits in dry grass against a weathered grey timber wall at Jembaicumbene.
Cast Iron Sharpener
The four-storey brick and granite flour mill at Jembaicumbene, its multi-paned windows and central iron balcony visible against a heavy grey sky, photographed in open grassland near Braidwood.
Brick Mill
Gabled brick and stone end wall of the flour mill at Mill Pond Farm, Jembaicumbene, with two sash windows and a barred timber door at the granite base, surrounded by dry grass and a tall pine under an overcast sky.
Brick Gable End
Aerial view of a long corrugated iron farm building with a rust-mottled roof and small square windows, surrounded by mown grass at Jembaicumbene.
Aerial Roof View
Aerial view of a timber cottage and shed under a faded red corrugated iron roof at Jembaicumbene, with a pig beside a stone trough near the doorway and two metal silos on the surrounding paddock.
Aerial Cottage Roof
Top of the Mill at Mill Pond Farm, a timber ladder leans against the gable wall, its rungs cracked and splintered.
Top of the Mill
Fireplace at Mill Pond Farm, a brick fireplace stands at the centre of the room, its chimney column rising.
Fireplace
End of the Mill at Mill Pond Farm, a two-storey brick and bluestone building stands alone in open grassland.
End of the Mill
04 ABOUT THE PRINTS

How they’re made

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.

Editions

Open in XS and S. Limited in M (100), L (50), XL (25). From $100.

Print tiers →

Lead time

Unframed: 5 to 10 business days. Framed and acrylic: 10 to 20.

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