Bus at Bradmill Denim, a decommissioned bus sits against corrugated steel cladding in a yard at the Bradmill site.

Bus

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 36mm · f/22.0 · 1/25 · ISO 400
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A derelict bus rests within the Bradmill Denim factory complex. Shattered windows expose its empty interior. Rusting panels show years of decay. It stands a stationary relic on the abandoned industrial site.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Bus
Series: Bradmill Denim
Catalogue: BDE-001
Process: Giclée
Captured: 6 November 2011
Camera: NIKON D7000
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/22.0
Shutter: 1/25 s
ISO: 400
Focal length: 36 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Yarraville, Victoria, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Yarraville, Victoria, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A derelict bus stands within the Bradmill site at Yarraville. The bus is parked in one of the yard areas, the windows shattered or removed, the bodywork rusted across the panels. The interior is empty, the seats stripped, the dashboard fittings gone. The bus is presumably staff transport from the operating years, parked and abandoned at some point and never moved.

Bradmill Industries Ltd employed approximately 7,000 people across fifteen sites at its 1970s peak. The Yarraville site was a flagship of Australian cotton processing through the post-war decades, the country's only manufacturer of indigo denim from 1962 onwards. The plant ceased production around 2002 under cheap-import pressure. The site sat dormant for around two decades before redevelopment by Frasers Property Australia and Irongate.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A decommissioned bus sits against corrugated steel cladding in a yard at the Bradmill site. Blue and yellow livery. The destination board reads SPECIAL. Graffiti covers most of the lower panels in black, red and mint green. Dry grass pushes through cracked concrete around the tyres. Plastic jerry cans, broken fittings and debris litter the ground. Flat light. No shadows. Overcast sky above the roofline.

Brett Patman

The series

Bradmill Denim

2011 · 27 photographs

The Bradford family founded Bradford Cotton Mills in Sydney in 1927. The company expanded into Victoria in 1940, began producing denim in 1945, and grew into Bradmill Industries Ltd. The Yarraville factory on Francis Street was the country's only indigo denim mill.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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