Maffra Shearers Quarters Type:Framed David Smith Todd built this

David Smith Todd built this two-storey homestead at Wisemans Creek between 1880 and 1894

beneath a ceiling of collapsed tiles and loose strip lighting

The boiler house at West Ryde Pumping Station

Quarrying at Hornsby ran from around 1905 until 2002

The sanitorium operated from 1903 to 1999

Maffra Shearers Quarters Type:Framed David Smith Todd built thisPeeling paint and weathered timber line the walls of the shearers quarters near Maffra, a dormitory built for the itinerant teams who passed through each season. Shearers quarters like these sat apart from the main woolshed complex, providing basic overnight shelter during the demanding spring clip. Part of The Woolshed series.