Exit store debris covers the timber floor

debris covers the timber floor below

Doors recede through successive rooms beyond

Structures like this represent the furthest reach of rural settlement across New South Wales

The Little Company of Mary opened the hospital in 1889 and ran it for nearly a century before vacating the site in 1986

A hallway in the former Asahi Elementary School building runs through peeling walls and debris-covered floors

Exit store debris covers the timber floorA doorway opens at the end of a corridor in the novitiate building of the former Lewisham Hospital, Convent and Grounds. Peeling paint lines the frame; daylight comes through from outside. The Little Company of Mary operated this complex from 1889 until 1986, nearly a century of continuous care on West Street, Lewisham. Part of the Lewisham Hospital series.