Nissen Hut In The Distance Colour:White The Leichhardt factory was once

The Leichhardt factory was once described as the biggest independent bakery in Australia

Faded labels remain on empty bottles

donated from the Goulburn Roundhouse

The peeling paint and grime of a long-abandoned section of what was once Australia's first purpose-built moral therapy hospital

its painted walls peeling back through layers of colour applied over nearly a century of continuous use

Nissen Hut In The Distance Colour:White The Leichhardt factory was onceA 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.