Deck

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/9.0 · 1/125 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

A single timber folding chair on a wide hardwood deck. Corrugated roofing overhead. Wire mesh balustrade along the perimeter. Dense eucalyptus canopy beyond the railing. Sky heavy with cloud. No other furniture visible. Timber decking boards run horizontal across the frame.

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In situ

Deck at Waratah Park, black-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Deck at Waratah Park, raw timber-framed print displayed in situ on a wall.

Deck at Waratah Park, glass print displayed in situ on a wall.

01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Deck
Series: Waratah Park
Catalogue: WPA-005
Process: Giclée
Captured: 2 January 2017
Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/9.0
Shutter: 1/125 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Duffys Forest, 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

Duffys Forest, New South Wales, Australia

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03 THE STORY

About this print

A timber folding chair sits alone on the wide hardwood deck of the Ranger Headquarters at Waratah Park, Duffys Forest, NSW. Wire mesh runs the full perimeter of the balustrade. Corrugated roofing covers the deck overhead. Beyond the railing, eucalyptus canopy fills the view under a sky heavy with cloud. Nothing else has been left on the deck. The chair faces outward, toward the bush. The Ranger Headquarters was constructed in 1967 on approximately 10 hectares of Crown land west of Namba Road, following permission granted by the NSW Government and Warringah Council for television filming. The building was purpose-built as a set for Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, produced by Fauna Productions in association with TCN Channel 9. It was never a working ranger station. The national park depicted in the series was fictional, named "Waratah National Park" for the production. The surrounding bushland, however, was real: the site adjoins Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park to the north and west, and the production accessed approximately 500 acres of that park during filming. Ninety-one episodes were produced across three series between 1967 and 1969. The series was broadcast in 128 countries and dubbed into 25 languages, reaching a reported weekly global audience of over 300 million viewers. In January 1970, the site opened to the public as a wildlife park. The Ranger Headquarters remained standing through successive operators and tenure arrangements, described in the 2015 NSW State Heritage Register assessment as sound but "somewhat run-down." The park closed to the public in 2006. In 2014, ownership transferred to the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983. The site was listed on the NSW State Heritage Register on 27 February 2015. The Ranger Headquarters and its original interior TV set are the elements of State heritage significance. The bush around the building, which required no construction and no maintenance to remain, continues to support habitat for multiple threatened species. This photograph was made in 2017.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

A single timber folding chair sits on the deck of the Ranger Headquarters at Waratah Park, Duffys Forest. Wire mesh runs the perimeter balustrade; corrugated roofing covers the deck overhead. Beyond it, eucalyptus canopy presses in under heavy cloud. The building was constructed in 1967 as a purpose-built television set for Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, a production that reached a reported weekly audience of over 300 million viewers across 128 countries. It was never a ranger headquarters. The national park it depicted was fictional. The park closed to the public in 2006.

Brett Patman

The series

Waratah Park

2017 · 24 photographs

Waratah Park sits on 13 hectares at the top of Cowan Creek, adjoining Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Between 1967 and 1969 it was the filming location for Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. 91 episodes were produced; the role of Skippy was played by between 9 and 15 different Eastern Grey Kangaroos. The series became Australia's first international television export, sold to the UK, Germany, Norway, the United States, and as Skippy le Kangourou in French Canada. After the Skippy production, the site operated as a wildlife tourist park until April 2007. The Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council and the Duffys Forest Residents Association are now working to restore the bushland and the Ranger Headquarters film set.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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