Dead Sheep

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

A dead sheep lies on the concrete floor of the abandoned Blayney Abattoir. Its matted wool and still form present a stark image of decay within the derelict industrial site.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Dead Sheep
Series: Blayney Abattoir
Catalogue: BAB-007
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 January 2016
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: Blayney, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Blayney, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A dead sheep lies on the concrete floor of the disused Blayney Abattoir. The animal is mummified, the wool matted into the body, the carcass dried out across the decades since the plant closed. The concrete around it is stained, dust-covered, scuffed at the centre of the room where the working traffic passed. The plant has been disused since the late 1990s.

Blayney Abattoir closed in March 1998 after ANZCO Foods announced the shutdown of the plant, citing stock shortage. The Australian Meat Industry Employees' Union attributed the closure to economic factors rather than supply, with ANZCO carrying large unsold stock as a result of the Asian financial crisis. The plant had operated since 1957, processing sheep, cattle and pigs for domestic and export markets, with a peak workforce of around 1,600.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A mass of raw wool and organic matter covers the tiled floor of a small washroom. White ceramic tiles climb the walls, streaked with dark staining. A yellow rubber hose coils beside brass tap fittings. Metal grating shows through where the wool thins. The grout is black. The air in here would be thick, close, animal.

Brett Patman

The series

Blayney Abattoir

2016 · 25 photographs

At peak the Blayney Abattoir employed about 1,600 people, one of the largest workforces in Central West New South Wales. The site had been a butter factory and freezing works from at least 1900, converted to an abattoir in 1957. ANZCO Foods, the New Zealand owner since 1996, announced closure in March 1998 with about 600 workers given a week's pay.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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