Fire Exit
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 24mm · f/8.0 · 0.8s · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
The fire exit at Balmain Leagues Club remains shut, its metal frame corroded. Dust settles thickly on the door, a silent witness to the building's long abandonment.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Fire Exit
- Series
- Balmain Leagues Club
- Catalogue
- BLC-009
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 16 October 2015
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 0.8s s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 24 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- National Trust of Australia (NSW), 2016 Heritage Award, Multimedia
Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia
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A low concrete ceiling presses down over a corridor deep inside the building. Cream brick walls disappear beneath layers of aerosol paint. Tags overlap tags. Colour builds on colour. A fluorescent tube hangs loose from its fitting. The floor is wet, dark, gritty underfoot. Light enters from a doorway at the far end, catching the edge of a painted mural on the right wall. The air feels close and chemical.
Brett Patman
The series
Balmain Leagues Club
Balmain Leagues Club opened in 1957 on the corner of Victoria Road and Darling Street in Rozelle, supporting the Balmain Tigers, one of the NSW Rugby League's original nine clubs. The Tigers' premiership tally was, until the mid-1990s, second only to St George and South Sydney. The Australian Rugby League listed the site as a place of historical significance during the code's 2008 centenary. The club closed on 28 March 2010 under a NSW Government order to vacate for what was then the Sydney Metro project. The metro alignment was later changed and the site was not used. The building stood empty on the corner of Victoria Road for over a decade through a series of failed redevelopment attempts. Demolition and rebuild as the Rozelle Village mixed-use development began in 2023, with a new Wests Ashfield Leagues Club to return to the site.
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