Pitched roof and brick gable at Jembaicumbene, copper and grey iron cladding with a brick chimney.

Aerial Brick Building

Provenance

Camera: L1D-20c
Lens: 28.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 10mm · f/4.5 · 1/800 sec · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

An aerial view looks down on the upper gable end of the mill, the steep pitched roof clad in weathered copper sheeting on one side and pale grey iron on the other, with a brick chimney and four roof vents rising above. Brick walls and a sandstone base meet the gable below, twin sash windows and a barred opening visible in the upper wall, surrounded by open grass paddocks at Jembaicumbene, New South Wales.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Aerial Brick Building
Series: Mill Pond Farm
Process: Giclée
Captured: 21 January 2022
Camera: L1D-20c
Lens: 28.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter: 1/800 sec s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 10 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Location: Jembaicumbene, NSW, Australia
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Jembaicumbene, NSW, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

From directly above, the gable end of the 1859 flour mill at Mill Pond Farm occupies the centre of the frame. A steep pitched roof runs across the structure, clad in weathered copper sheeting on one side and pale grey corrugated iron on the other. A brick chimney rises from the ridge line, flanked by four roof vents spaced evenly along the top. Below the gable, brick walls rest on a sandstone base. Twin sash windows and a barred opening sit in the upper section of the wall. Grass paddocks extend beyond the building on all sides. The mill was constructed in 1859 by Charles Dransfield, who built it from bricks manufactured on the property and granite sourced from the farm, with massive hardwood beams hauled from the nearby Budawang Ranges. Engineering works were supplied by P.N. Russell and Co. of Sydney. The building operated as the Jembaicumbene Steam Flour Mills, serving the flour needs of the district during and after the gold rush years on Jembaicumbene Creek. Milling ceased in 1885. The property has since been known as Mill Pond Farm. This photograph was made in 2022.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

From directly above, the gable end of the 1859 flour mill at Mill Pond Farm sits at the centre of the frame. A steep pitched roof runs across the top of the structure, clad in weathered copper sheeting on one side and pale grey corrugated iron on the other, with a brick chimney and four roof vents rising from the ridge. Below the gable, brick walls rest on a sandstone base, twin sash windows and a barred opening visible in the upper wall. Open grass paddocks extend to the edges of the frame at Jembaicumbene, 10 kilometres south-west of Braidwood in the Southern Tablelands.

Brett Patman

The series

Mill Pond Farm

2022 · 53 photographs

Mill Pond Farm sits in Jembaicumbene, near Braidwood, on land first worked as the region's earliest dairy in the 1830s. In 1859 a Yorkshire-born goldminer named Charles Dransfield built a four-storey Steam Flour Mill on the property, designed by Sydney architect Charles Langley. A 24-horsepower steam engine ground wheat, sawed timber, and crushed quartz to extract gold. The mill ran until 1885, when the railway arriving in Tarago undercut local flour prices, the financial depression hit, and repeated wheat rust outbreaks finished the run. The mill, stables, and dairy buildings sat unworked for nearly a century. Restoration is in progress.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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