Deddick Valley Ruined Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron shed stands open to the paddock, its gable roof peeling back.
Deddick Valley Ruined Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron shed stands open to the paddock, its gable roof peeling back.

Deddick Valley Ruined Shed

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Camera
NIKON Z 7
Lens
180.0-400.0 mm f/4.0
Settings
180mm · f/8.0 · 1/200 · ISO 180
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A ruined timber shed stands in Deddick Valley. Its skeletal frame, once a working woolshed, now succumbs to decay. Sunlight filters through missing walls, highlighting splintered wood and rusting corrugated iron.

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Deddick Valley Ruined Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron shed stands open to the paddock, its gable roof peeling back.Deddick Valley Ruined Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron shed stands open to the paddock, its gable roof peeling back.Deddick Valley Ruined Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron shed stands open to the paddock, its gable roof peeling back.Deddick Valley Ruined Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron shed stands open to the paddock, its gable roof peeling back.Deddick Valley Ruined Shed at The Woolshed, a corrugated iron shed stands open to the paddock, its gable roof peeling back.
01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title
Deddick Valley Ruined Shed
Series
The Woolshed
Catalogue
TWS-009
Process
Giclée
Captured
26 December 2018
Camera
NIKON Z 7
Lens
180.0-400.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture
f/8.0
Shutter
1/200 s
ISO
180
Focal length
180 mm
Paper
Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size
290 × 200 mm
Location
Various, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity
C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by
Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards
03 THE STORY

About this print

The Deddick Valley Ruined Shed lies at the edge of a paddock in the Victorian high country, the roof and walls partly collapsed in on themselves. The corrugated iron has come away from the frame in sheets. Some of the timber posts are still standing; others have fallen sideways, taking the iron with them. A ridgepole rests at an angle through what used to be the centre of the shed. The grass has grown up through the collapsed floor. The site reads as one structure that's slowly becoming part of the paddock around it.

The Deddick Valley sits in the rugged border country between Victoria and NSW, isolated by terrain and weather, mostly used for cattle. Sheds like this one were built by farmers who needed shelter for stock and equipment in country where it took a day's ride to reach the nearest town. Many of those sheds have collapsed in similar fashion: untouched after the original need for them ended, and slowly given over to rain, wind, and the weight of their own iron. The Deddick Valley Ruined Shed is photographed at the point where the building has stopped being a building and started being a pile of materials in a paddock, a stage that can last decades in this kind of dry, cold country.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A corrugated iron shed stands open to the paddock, its gable roof peeling back at one corner. The doorway frames clear through to the far wall and the green hillside beyond. No glass in the windows. Dry grass reaches the threshold. A steel farm gate hangs ajar at the fence line, and a mature tree leans close against the right side of the structure. Afternoon light falls flat across the iron, turning it pale grey.

Brett Patman

The Woolshed

The series

The Woolshed

2016 · 29 photographs

The Woolshed is a series of working and former working woolsheds across south-eastern New South Wales, predominantly the south-east hinterland and Snowy Monaro region. Most are timber-framed and clad in corrugated iron or timber weatherboards, weathered through decades of use. Some still shear; many do not, as farming priorities have shifted and shearing technology has changed. Woolsheds were sometimes important community meeting points, used for dances and other gatherings. The buildings were always built for function - appearance was never a factor in their design.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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07 MORE FROM THE WOOLSHED

28 other prints in this series

All prints
Rocky Hall Woolshed at The Woolshed, two large eucalypts frame a weatherboard woolshed at Rocky Hall, their pale trunks.
Rocky Hall Woolshed $100.00
Telegraph And Telephone Office at The Woolshed, a weatherboard building sits low in a clearing, its corrugated iron roof.
Telegraph And Telephone Office $100.00
South Pambula Shed at The Woolshed, corrugated iron and weatherboard hold together in a patchwork of repairs and additions.
South Pambula Shed $100.00
Simple Shed at The Woolshed, corrugated iron walls sit grey and weathered against a gentle slope of dry grass.
Simple Shed $100.00
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