Basement nothhcote rust staining the metal

rust staining the metal

Desks and chairs sit where students left them

the Federation face brick slowly surrendering to decades without maintenance

Sharpro Industries at Sydney

a tin box and a low timber stool sit on the covered porch

Basement nothhcote rust staining the metalA coiled rope hangs from a brick column in the basement of the administration building at Awaba Colliery, where an overturned office chair sits on a desk and long shadows cross the concrete floor. The surface pit top at Awaba operated from 1947 until coal reserves in the Great Northern Seam were exhausted in March 2012. Part of the Awaba Colliery series.