Art Class store A sewing desk sits in

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

000 people at its 1960 peak

served families travelling to and from their assigned lighthouse postings and government officials on inspection runs

Part of the BlueScope Port Kembla series

pushed by a 5-cylinder Polar diesel producing 2

Art Class store A sewing desk sits inEmpty art easels stand in rows inside a classroom at Macquarie Boys Technology High School, sunlight pushing through grimy windows onto dust covered desks where forgotten supplies remain. The school occupied this Rydalmere campus from 1957 until its closure in 2009, sitting vacant for nearly a decade before demolition in 2018. Part of the Macquarie Boys Technology High series.