Myrtle Mountain Shack brown its framework catching the flat

its framework catching the flat light of a site that processed dolerite aggregate for almost a century

Charge cranes were central to the steelmaking process

purpose-built on Arthurton Road in 1926

paint peeling from the uprights

Myrtle Mountain Shack brown its framework catching the flatA weathered timber shack stands alone on Myrtle Mountain, its corrugated iron roof sagging under the weight of decades, paint peeling back to reveal the layers beneath. Structures like this were built across rural New South Wales from the 1830s onward by selectors and graziers working marginal country. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.