Dalgety Valley red Washing Area at Blayney

Washing Area at Blayney

incongruous remnant inside a building that operated as a flour mill from June 1922 until 2009

a red-eyed creature rendered in black and red across its corrugated face

sunlight pressing through grime-streaked windows onto peeling paint and scattered debris

Timber walls lean under the weight of years

Dalgety Valley red Washing Area at BlayneyA solitary timber and iron structure sits in the Dalgety Valley, its faded slab walls and rusted corrugated iron slowly giving way to the surrounding pasture. Buildings like this one represent the full arc of rural settlement on the Snowy Monaro: squatter huts of the 1830s, selector cottages from the 1860s onward, and the pastoral infrastructure of the wool boom era. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.