Stickers stove heater rust-stained from years of disuse

rust-stained from years of disuse

Once part of the working amenities of a site that has supplied water to northern Sydney since 1891

with massive hardwood beams crossing the ceiling above and worn timber planks underfoot

the track bed lost beneath years of growth

Stickers stove heater rust-stained from years of disuseDecades of stickers coat the storeman's office windows at Awaba Colliery, brand labels for Ingersoll Rand, Exide, and Superfilter still legible against backlit glass. A bright rectangle of light falls on the wall below, thrown by the same windows that once looked out over a working pit top. The mine ran from 1947 to 2012, when the Great Northern Seam finally ran out. Part of the Awaba Colliery series.