Filthy Phills Ranch

Filthy Phill's Ranch is one of the named shacks at Tin City, built and maintained by its long-time occupant, who is the source of the name. The shack is set back slightly from the main row, with a corrugated iron front and a large painted sign reading FILTHY PHILL'S RANCH across the front wall. A small porch has been added to one side, with a couple of folding chairs out front. The lettering on the sign has weathered to a soft red against the greying iron. The door is closed but the windows are open.

The Tin City shacks are referred to by a mix of numbers and personal names. Some are called after the family that built them, some after a feature of the structure, and a handful, like Filthy Phill's Ranch, after their resident's nickname. The naming goes back to the period when the shacks were technically illegal, before the licence system was formalised, and the personal names stuck. Tin City sits on Worimi country at the Stockton Bight, on land granted back to the Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council on 1 February 2007 and leased to the NSW Government. The 11 remaining shacks are administered through the Worimi Conservation Lands Board of Management. Tin City itself is not on the State Heritage Register, but the surrounding lands are protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.