Rust Colour:Raw then as a geriatric and

then as a geriatric and nursing facility until May 1999

its bolts and hinges holding firm against more than a century of weathering

Render peels from the upper walls while bare scrub pushes up at the base

A corridor in the former workers' living quarters at the O-I Glass site in Spotswood runs between open doorways

The bench is one remnant of the workshops that defined the campus after its curriculum shifted to technology in 1989

Rust Colour:Raw then as a geriatric andOchre rust blooms across a forgotten metal surface inside Leichhardt House, the oxidisation spreading in slow, dense formations across the steel. The slab cottage, built around 130 years ago in the NSW Southern Tablelands, has long since shifted from home to agricultural shed. Part of the Leichhardt House series.