Lamp Cabin and Washhouse Type:Framed The Little Company of Mary

The Little Company of Mary opened the first wing here in 1889 and operated the complex until 1986

their decaying wooden components lost among the surrounding debris

East and West at Morwell

dust settled into every grain

sunlight cutting through grimy windows onto a floor that once moved millions of bottles a year

Lamp Cabin and Washhouse Type:Framed The Little Company of MaryThe lamp cabin and bathhouse at Elrington Colliery, the surface welfare buildings BHP built for the mine's workforce. Both structures sat at the pit top, where men collected and returned their lamps at the start and end of every shift. Elrington Colliery, near Abernethy in the Hunter Valley, produced coal for BHP's Newcastle steelworks from 1930 until its closure in December 1962. Part of the Elrington Colliery series.