Showers

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/8.0 · 1/13 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Terrazzo shower partitions run the length of the wash-down block at Blayney Abattoir. A rubber hose coils on the debris-strewn floor. Trough sinks and tiled wash basins line the far wall. Workers came through here to wash after shifts on the kill floors from 1957 to 1998.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Showers
Series: Blayney Abattoir
Catalogue: BAB-018
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 January 2016
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/13 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

Terrazzo shower partitions run the length of the wash-down block at Blayney Abattoir. A rubber hose coils on the debris-strewn floor between the partitions. Trough sinks and tiled wash basins line the far wall. The fixtures are intact; the working fittings have been removed in the years since the plant closed. Light enters from windows along the upper wall.

Workers came through the wash-down block to clean off at shift end across the working life of the abattoir, from 1957 to 1998. The plant employed around 1,600 people at peak operation and was one of the largest employers in the Central West region of NSW. ANZCO Foods of New Zealand acquired the plant in 1996 and closed it in March 1998. Final shutdown completed across 1999.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Granite-faced partitions run in a long row down the left side, stepping back toward a tiled rear wall. Stainless steel basins hang from exposed pipework on the right, taps still attached. The floor is thick with fallen tile shards, broken plaster, and grit. A rubber hose sits coiled in the centre of the room. Flat light enters from above and catches the white ceramic surfaces. The air looks heavy with dust.

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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