Nine

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 24mm · f/4.0 · 1/250 · ISO 64
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A tall flagpole topped with a spherical finial rises between two weathered iron shacks at Tin City, the most upright thing in the frame under an overcast sky. A blue bench sits in front of a green tarp draped across the right shack's facade, with a column of white buoys stacked along its far side. The left shack has an open side where sheets of iron and timber planks lean in a loose pile, a satellite dish bolted to the roof above.

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In situ

Nine at Tin City, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Nine at Tin City, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Nine at Tin City, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Nine
Series: Tin City
Catalogue: TCI-028
Process: Giclée
Captured: 1 February 2018
Camera: NIKON D850
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/4.0
Shutter: 1/250 s
ISO: 64
Focal length: 24 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 297 × 210 mm
Location: Anna Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Anna Bay, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

Shack number Nine at Tin City sits toward the northern end of the settlement, its walls clad in white-painted corrugated iron with the numeral 9 marked in black on the front. The shack is single-storey, single-pitched, with a small awning over the door and a covered area extending off one side. The white paint has yellowed in places and worn back to bare metal at the corners. A rainwater tank sits on a low stand at the rear. The shack is closer to the dune line than to the beach; the sand behind comes up almost to the back wall.

The numbering of the Tin City shacks runs in approximate order along the ridge. The numbers and the personal nicknames sit side by side: residents know each shack by both. Nine is one of the surviving 11. The settlement reached its highest count of around 36 to 38 structures during the Great Depression of the 1930s; the Army demolition during World War II, the sand burial that followed, and the gradual loss of structures since brought it down to the current count. Tin City is on Worimi country at the Stockton Bight in Port Stephens, and the surviving shacks are administered under the Worimi Conservation Lands Plan of Management 2015.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

Corrugated iron and shade cloth hold together a low sprawl of shack against the dunes. Green tarpaulin covers one section. A satellite dish angles upward beside a thin metal pole. Fishing floats hang in a line from the verandah beam. Sand creeps across the front yard, burying the base of the fence line. Low scrub pushes through in patches. The sky is heavy and grey.

Brett Patman

The series

Tin City

37 photographs

Tin City is the local name for a group of huts behind the frontal dune on Stockton Bight, in the Worimi Conservation Lands between Newcastle and Port Stephens, New South Wales, on Worimi country. In 2015 there were 11, all single storey and clad in corrugated iron, with gable or skillion roofs. Most were built in the 1970s and 1980s; the oldest still standing that year dated from December 1970 and the youngest from 1992.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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