Brambles have taken the lower half of the storage shed at Big Hill Post Office entirely, leaving only the curved, rusted roofline visible above the tangle.
Brambles have taken the lower half of the storage shed at Big Hill Post Office entirely, leaving only the curved, rusted roofline visible above the tangle.

Sunken

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
70mm · f/8.0 · 1/80 · ISO 140
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Brambles have taken the lower half of the storage shed at Big Hill Post Office entirely, leaving only the curved, rusted roofline visible above the tangle. A broad-canopied tree rises directly behind it against a flat, overcast sky. The gravel path toward the entrance is fully blocked by thorny growth.

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In situ

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Sunken
Series
Big Hill Post Office
Process
Giclée
Captured
13 June 2020
Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/80 s
ISO
140
Focal length
70 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Big Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
02 LOCATION

Big Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

Brambles have taken the lower half of the storage shed at Big Hill Post Office entirely, leaving only the curved, rusted roofline visible above the tangle. A broad-canopied tree rises directly behind it against a flat, overcast sky. The gravel path toward the entrance is fully blocked by thorny growth. What is left reads as a roof floating on a mass of blackberry.

Blackberry takes any ground that stops being worked. Country properties across south-eastern Australia deal with it constantly, and once a building is no longer occupied there is nobody left to cut it back. The Big Hill Post Office closed in 1945, which has given the blackberry decades of free run at the site. The shed has not been cleared, partly because there is no resident to clear it for, and partly because the growth is now doing the holding up. It was here before the building went, and it will be here after it does.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Rust-coloured corrugated iron rises from a mass of blackberry canes. The structure is almost entirely consumed. Only the upper half of the walls remain visible, the lower sections buried beneath dense scrub. Dry grass covers the foreground. A single elm stands tall behind the roofline, dwarfing what is left. The sky is flat and grey. Overcast light softens everything.

Brett Patman

05 SIZE GUIDE

Print sizes

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07 MORE FROM BIG HILL POST OFFICE

34 other prints in this series

All prints
Window Panes at The Post Office, a six-pane timber window set into weatherboard cladding, grey and split with age.
Window Panes$100.00
A corrugated galvanised iron water tank sits against the timber-clad wall of the residence at Big Hill Post Office. Weatherboard cladding shows heavy paint loss.
Water Tank$100.00
Verandah at The Post Office, a green corrugated iron roof bows away from the timber frame, pulling free at the edge.
Verandah$100.00
Weathered vertical timber boards in sunlight at The Post Office. Paint faded and peeling across most of the surface. Rust discolouration concentrated along the lower section.
Verandah Wall$100.00
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