Stickers stove heater Constructed in 1906-07 under Tooth

Constructed in 1906-07 under Tooth and Co

Once part of the working amenities of a site that has supplied water to northern Sydney since 1891

paper over the surrounding wall long after the projector last ran

supplying coal to the Newcastle steelworks

The anchor windlass sits forward on MV Cape Don's deck

Stickers stove heater Constructed in 1906-07 under ToothDecades of stickers coat the storeman's office windows at Awaba Colliery, brand labels for Ingersoll Rand, Exide, and Superfilter still legible against backlit glass. A bright rectangle of light falls on the wall below, thrown by the same windows that once looked out over a working pit top. The mine ran from 1947 to 2012, when the Great Northern Seam finally ran out. Part of the Awaba Colliery series.