Office

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Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings
14mm · f/8.0 · 8s · ISO 100
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Sunlight pierces a grimy window into an abandoned office at Peters Ice Cream Factory. A desk and chair sit amidst scattered papers and debris. This space once managed operations for the iconic ice cream brand.

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Office at Peters Ice Cream Factory, a steel desk sits in the corner of a small office, its drawers pulled open and empty.Office at Peters Ice Cream Factory, a steel desk sits in the corner of a small office, its drawers pulled open and empty.Office at Peters Ice Cream Factory, a steel desk sits in the corner of a small office, its drawers pulled open and empty.Office at Peters Ice Cream Factory, a steel desk sits in the corner of a small office, its drawers pulled open and empty.Office at Peters Ice Cream Factory, a steel desk sits in the corner of a small office, its drawers pulled open and empty.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Office
Series
Peters Ice Cream Factory
Catalogue
PIC-020
Process
Giclée
Captured
14 February 2016
Camera
NIKON D7000
Lens
14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
8s s
ISO
100
Focal length
14 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
02 LOCATION

Taree, New South Wales, Australia

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04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A steel desk sits in the corner of a small office, its drawers pulled open and empty. The tiled floor is filthy. Graffiti covers the cracked walls in black and blue spray paint. A horizontal window lets in flat grey light. The ceiling panels sag. A metal cabinet stands against the right wall, its doors ajar. Paint peels in long strips. The room smells like damp plaster and cold concrete.

Brett Patman

Peters Ice Cream Factory

The series

Peters Ice Cream Factory

2016 · 31 photographs

Peters Ice Cream Factory opened on 4 November 1939 on the bank of the Manning River at Chatham, a suburb of Taree. The opening drew approximately 5,000 people. Peters Creameries built the plant for around £60,000, with a steam-driven capacity of 1,000 gallons of milk per hour and a boiler house running four Babcock and Wilcox boilers. Cream was delivered by boat from farms along the Manning River for four decades, a trade that ran until around the 1970s. The factory made ice cream, butter, milk powder, oil, and yoghurt, and was the main employer in the Manning Valley until it closed in the late 1990s. The building still stands at Chatham, deteriorating. Listed in 1990 on the local heritage register (Greater Taree, now MidCoast Council).

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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