Hunter Hiding pot Intact signage and dust-covered stock

Intact signage and dust-covered stock record a business that simply stopped

A Kamewa variable-pitch propeller gave the ship precise speed and manoeuvring control across some of Australia's most remote coastlines

was producing 27 million bottles a year

A sewing desk sits in the corner of the abandoned Northcote Shoe Factory

Removed from any domestic setting

Hunter Hiding pot Intact signage and dust-covered stockA lone fox watches from the shadows of a decaying homestead interior, caught in broken light that falls through failing walls. The building is one of the rural vernacular structures Brett Patman photographed across the Hunter Valley between 2016 and 2019. Dust motes and collapsed timber mark what remains. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.