Issue Hatch
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/400 · ISO 100
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Sunlight filters through a grimy issue hatch at Newington Armory. This opening once served a Royal Australian Navy storehouse, distributing vital supplies from 1897. Dust motes dance in the still, abandoned air.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Issue Hatch
- Series
- Newington Armory
- Catalogue
- NAR-009
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 11 October 2019
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 1/400 s
- ISO
- 100
- Focal length
- 14 mm
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
- Paper size
- 290 × 200 mm
- Location
- Silverwater, New South Wales, Australia
- Authenticity
- C2PA verified provenance →
- Recognised by
- Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
A squat red-brick building sits square against a concrete apron. The number 142 is fixed to the wall in dark enamel. To the right, a semicircular arch frames a recessed hatch, its sandstone-coloured voussoirs spelling out "ISSUE HATCH" in pressed lettering. A green timber door stands closed to the left. Dark downpipes run tight to the corners. The brickwork is clean, the mortar sharp. Damp staining creeps up from the base course.
Brett Patman
The series
Newington Armory
The Newington Armory operated as a Royal Australian Navy munitions depot from 1897 until decommissioning in 1999. Sandstone and brick magazines line the Parramatta River foreshore, their walls a metre thick in places, engineered to contain the force of an accidental detonation. The site now sits within Sydney Olympic Park, its original stores largely intact, paint peeling from heavy timber doors, river light filtering through narrow vents cut into stone.
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