Train Line

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/8.0 · 1/3 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

The train line area at Blayney Abattoir, Central West NSW. The corrugated iron and timber structure was used for hanging sheepskins to dry on overhead mesh before trucking off site. The abattoir operated from 1957 to 1998, one of the largest employers in the Central West with up to 1,600 staff.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Train Line
Series: Blayney Abattoir
Catalogue: BAB-020
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 January 2016
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/3 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 train line area at Blayney Abattoir. The structure is corrugated iron clad on a timber frame, with the overhead mesh that supported sheep skins for drying still in place across the roof framing. The floor below is timber and concrete in alternating sections, the working surface scuffed and dust-covered. The space is open at the ends to the surrounding yard.

Blayney Abattoir operated from 1957 to 1998, one of the largest employers in the Central West region of NSW with a peak workforce of around 1,600. The plant processed sheep, cattle and pigs for domestic and export markets across three species-specific floors. ANZCO Foods of New Zealand acquired the plant in 1996 and closed it in March 1998. The site has stood disused since the 1998 to 1999 shutdown.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Corrugated iron roofing stretches over a timber-framed open bay. Rough-sawn posts support tiered shelving racks along the back wall. The floorboards are dark with decades of grime. A yellow jerry can hangs from the overhead structure. To the right, a heavy coolroom door sits recessed into stained concrete, its surface blistered and peeling. Faded safety notices cling to the wall beside it. Dry grass and pine trees fill the background beyond a low brick wall.

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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