Colac Shed Colour:Raw A lone chair sits in

A lone chair sits in the middle distance

and empty shelves sit under a coat of dust in the production packaging room of Peters Creameries Pty Ltd's Chatham factory

The factory opened in November 1939 and ran as a steam-driven dairy plant producing condensed milk

three rolled metal shutters face cracked asphalt where two small cars are parked

as Yubari's coal industry finished its long decline

Colac Shed Colour:Raw A lone chair sits inCorrugated iron walls and a collapsing roofline define this derelict farm shed, rust bleeding across mismatched sheets in broad patches. Timber fence rails run along the front, a cypress standing behind. Structures like this were the working heart of smaller pastoral holdings across NSW and Victoria, now largely silent since station consolidation reduced the sheep numbers that once kept them busy. Part of The Woolshed series.