Annex Door flock of birds its rusted frame and peeling

its rusted frame and peeling paint marking years of disuse

suited to a pastoral climate that asked a lot of its structures

its utilitarian surface edged by vegetation pressing in from the surrounding grounds

Looking Down Retort Building at Bathurst

The fitting was part of the multi-level building at the corner of Victoria Road and Darling Street

Annex Door flock of birds its rusted frame and peelingA door to the Munitions Annex stands partially open, its surface stripped back to bare rusted metal and peeling paint. The annex was built in 1943 during wartime production at the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company works, a plant that by then had been supplying cement across Australia for four decades. Part of the Portland Cement Works series.