Annex Door flock of birds Looking Down Retort Building at

Looking Down Retort Building at Bathurst

suited to a pastoral climate that asked a lot of its structures

its utilitarian surface edged by vegetation pressing in from the surrounding grounds

6-hectare property that operated as a public wildlife park from January 1970 until 2006

built and operated by Nitchitsu Co

Annex Door flock of birds Looking Down Retort Building atA door to the Munitions Annex stands partially open, its surface stripped back to bare rusted metal and peeling paint. The annex was built in 1943 during wartime production at the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company works, a plant that by then had been supplying cement across Australia for four decades. Part of the Portland Cement Works series.