Kitchen Back Wall
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 24mm · f/8.0 · 4s · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
White ceramic tiles line the service wall of the Balmain Leagues Club kitchen. Grout has blackened. Plumbing fittings hang stripped from the wall. Broken tiles and debris cover the floor. Graffiti runs across the upper tiles.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Kitchen Back Wall
- Series
- Balmain Leagues Club
- Catalogue
- BLC-015
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 16 October 2015
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 4s 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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White ceramic tiles line the back wall of the kitchen corridor, stained brown where moisture has tracked down from failed ceiling cavities. Graffiti marks the lower tiles in thick black paint. Broken ceiling panels hang overhead, exposing ductwork and rusted steel framing. The terracotta floor is covered in fallen plaster, shattered tiles, and debris. A plastic milk crate sits against the wall beside a severed conduit. Flat grey light enters through clerestory windows.
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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