Quarry Void
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 36mm · f/2.8 · 1/1000 · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Inside Hornsby Quarry, a massive excavation plunges into darkness. Towering rock faces define a deep void. Water gathers below, mirroring faint light from above. This industrial chasm reveals the earth’s scarred interior.
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In situ
Print datasheet
- Title
- Quarry Void
- Series
- Hornsby Quarry
- Catalogue
- HQU-009
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 7 November 2015
- Camera
- NIKON D7000
- Lens
- 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/2.8
- Shutter
- 1/1000 s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 36 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
Map · Mapbox · OpenStreetMap
The void from where the material was removed and sent to the processing plant via a series of conveyors.
Brett Patman
The series
Hornsby Quarry
Hornsby Quarry was a bluestone quarry in Old Man's Valley, Hornsby, that ran under private operators from the early 1900s until 2002. Decommissioned in 2003, it was acquired by Hornsby Shire Council later that year for $26 million following a determination by the NSW Land and Environment Court. What the quarrying exposed is geologically extraordinary: more than 100 metres of cross-section through a Jurassic diatreme volcanic neck, a world-class array of volcanic features described in 2022 as a geoheritage treasure. The Higgins family cemetery, with burials between 1875 and 1925, sits within the site and is separately heritage-listed. Rehabilitation works were approved on 4 November 2020 and the site is being transformed into Hornsby Park, with the quarry void retained as a geological feature.
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