Rails

Provenance

Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 1/200 · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Steel rails disappear into overgrown vegetation at Newington Armory. These tracks once transported munitions across the vast site, now slowly reclaimed by nature.

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Rails at Newington Armory, narrow-gauge rails curve across a concrete apron, running past the issue hatch of a red brick.Rails at Newington Armory, narrow-gauge rails curve across a concrete apron, running past the issue hatch of a red brick.Rails at Newington Armory, narrow-gauge rails curve across a concrete apron, running past the issue hatch of a red brick.Rails at Newington Armory, narrow-gauge rails curve across a concrete apron, running past the issue hatch of a red brick.Rails at Newington Armory, narrow-gauge rails curve across a concrete apron, running past the issue hatch of a red brick.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Rails
Series
Newington Armory
Catalogue
NAR-019
Process
Giclée
Captured
11 October 2019
Camera
NIKON D850
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/200 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
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Narrow-gauge rails curve across a concrete apron, running past the issue hatch of a red brick magazine building. The hatch sits recessed beneath a sandstone arch, its lettering still legible. Black paint coats the sill, worn and flaking. Beyond the tracks, a concrete blast wall shields the neighbouring structure. Overcast sky presses low. The grass between buildings is clipped short and impossibly green against the grey.

Brett Patman

Newington Armory

The series

Newington Armory

2019 · 21 photographs

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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05 SIZE GUIDE

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