Valley Shearers Quarters Size:XL its metallic surface marked by

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

A metal filing cabinet stands inside the abandoned Northcote Shoe Factory

the bakery was described as the biggest independent bakery in Australia

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

the sole surviving vessel of the entire CLS fleet

Valley Shearers Quarters Size:XL its metallic surface 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.