Top Holding Area

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/8.0 · 1/15 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The top holding area at Blayney Abattoir. Rusted steel columns rise to a corrugated roof, sunlight entering through the open cladding. Sheep skins were handled here after removal and sent for further processing. The abattoir employed up to 1,600 people at peak and closed in 1998.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Top Holding Area
Series: Blayney Abattoir
Catalogue: BAB-019
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 January 2016
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/15 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

The top holding area at Blayney Abattoir. Rusted steel columns rise to a corrugated iron roof, the cladding open in patches along the upper walls. Sunlight enters through the openings and falls across the timber floor below. The area was used for handling sheep skins after removal, before they were sent on to the skin shed for drying. The fittings have been stripped; the structure remains.

The site at Blayney was occupied by a butter factory and freezing works from at least 1900 before the abattoir was established in 1957. The abattoir ran for 41 years, becoming one of the largest employers in Central West NSW with a peak workforce of around 1,600. 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

Steel columns support a wide corrugated roof over a dirt floor thick with dried mud and debris. Cylindrical drums and sections of severed pipe sit where they were left, scattered across the ground. Light pours through the open far wall and gaps where cladding has pulled away, throwing warm bands across the space. A rusted shipping container stands at the rear. The scale is industrial. 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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