Nissen Hut In The Distance gosford Meadowbank

Meadowbank

The depot served the Royal Australian Navy from 1921 until the final ammunition operation on 14 December 1999

its white facade painted with colourful cartoon murals

The ward sits within a ten-block pavilion arrangement designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet and Inspector General of the Insane Frederic Norton Manning

and a brick chimney rises on the left against a press of old-growth trees behind

Nissen Hut In The Distance gosford MeadowbankA Nissen hut sits alone in open pastoral country, its corrugated iron shell catching the light against a wide rural sky. Structures like this were common across NSW wool properties from the mid 20th century, serving as shearers' quarters, storage, or general farm shelter. Part of The Woolshed series.