Goods Shed Timber Platform
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D810
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 24mm · f/8.0 · 1/250 · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Sunlight strikes the worn timber platform at Bombala Station's goods shed. Cracks spiderweb across the dry planks, revealing the raw grain beneath. The structure stands silent, a relic of its railway era.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Goods Shed Timber Platform
- Series
- Bombala Station
- Catalogue
- BST-011
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 26 December 2016
- Camera
- NIKON D810
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 1/250 s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 24 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
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Weathered hardwood planking runs the length of the loading platform, its grain split open and bleached grey. The camera sits low, almost flush with the timber surface. Corrugated iron cladding lines the goods shed wall, held in place by oxide-red steel rails. Overhead, the roof structure is exposed. A metal handrail marks the platform edge. Beyond it, dry grass, a few trees, and flat country under heavy cumulus.
Brett Patman
The series
Bombala Station
Bombala railway station is the terminus of the Goulburn-Bombala branch line, sitting at the southern end of the Monaro in NSW, near the Victorian border. The Nimmitabel to Bombala section opened on 21 November 1921, and every building in the yard dates from that year: the pre-cast concrete station building, signal box, goods shed, footbridge, turntable, gantry crane, cattle yard, and barracks. The last passenger service ran in August 1974. The last goods train rolled out on 26 March 1986. Listed on the NSW State Heritage Register (item 5011934, 2 April 1999), the station is described as one of the most intact country terminus sites from the 1920s railway expansion, with the station building rated as one of the best surviving pre-cast concrete structures in NSW. The Friends of Bombala Railway maintain the precinct as a heritage museum.
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