Recieving Issue
Provenance
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Settings
- 20mm · f/8.0 · 1/20 · ISO 200
- Paper
- Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
The receiving bay at Newington Armory, a former Royal Australian Navy armament depot, stands quiet. Industrial fixtures remain, hinting at decades of military supply operations within this historic Sydney site.
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Print datasheet
- Title
- Recieving Issue
- Series
- Newington Armory
- Catalogue
- NAR-020
- Process
- Giclée
- Captured
- 11 October 2019
- Camera
- NIKON D850
- Lens
- 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
- Aperture
- f/8.0
- Shutter
- 1/20 s
- ISO
- 200
- Focal length
- 20 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
Two arched hatches sit side by side in a red brick wall. Pale cream bricks fan out above each opening, stencilled in dark blue: RECEIVING HATCH on the left, ISSUE HATCH on the right. Heavy steel doors seal both shut. The grey concrete sill below is smooth, worn at the edges. Ground level is dark, oil-stained.
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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