Main Loading Yard

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 36mm · f/8.0 · 1/200 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The main loading yard at Blayney Abattoir. The slaughterhouse stands directly ahead; building No. 5 at right was the store; beyond was the rendering plant. Overhead pipework carried steam and services between departments. The abattoir employed up to 1,600 people before ANZCO closed it in 1998.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Main Loading Yard
Series: Blayney Abattoir
Catalogue: BAB-010
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 January 2016
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/200 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 36 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

The main loading yard at Blayney Abattoir. The slaughterhouse stands directly ahead, the multi-floor building rising from the yard concrete. The building marked No. 5 at right served as the store. The rendering plant sits beyond. Overhead pipework crosses the yard between the buildings, carrying steam and services between departments. The yard is concrete-paved, the surface marked with the wear of decades of vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

Blayney Abattoir was one of the largest employers in the Central West of NSW for decades, with a peak workforce of around 1,600 people. The site occupied since at least 1900 by a butter factory and freezing works was converted to abattoir use in 1957. ANZCO Foods of New Zealand acquired the plant in 1996 and closed it in March 1998. The site has stood disused since.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Red brick buildings line both sides of the main loading yard at Blayney Abattoir. Yellow steel pipework bridges the gap between structures overhead. A speed limit sign reads 5 km/h on the right wall. Blue pallets lean stacked against the left building near a metal staircase. Plastic crates, broken sheeting, and scattered debris cover the concrete yard. Weeds push through at the base of walls. Late afternoon light warms the brickwork.

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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