Valley Shearers Quarters Size:XL its metal surfaces marked by

its metal surfaces marked by decades of decay

The Wall at Lake Macquarie

A hand-painted sign for the Rodeo Coffee Shop hangs above a dusty entrance

its metallic surface marked by decades of intense heat and hard use

Valley Shearers Quarters Size:XL its metal surfaces marked byWindow light falls across worn floorboards inside the Valley Shearers Quarters, a communal structure that housed itinerant shearers during the wool season. Buildings like this were common across the pastoral runs of Rural New South Wales, providing basic shelter for the men whose labour drove the wool economy. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.