Backyard piled dust A metal filing cabinet stands

A metal filing cabinet stands inside the abandoned Northcote Shoe Factory

Between closure and demolition around 2021

designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet on the principle that the building itself was part of the cure

The building began as Asahi Elementary School in 1975

Backyard piled dust A metal filing cabinet standsThe backyard of Big Hill Post Office, photographed in 2020. Weeds push through cracked concrete and corrugated iron walls carry rust and peeling paint in layers. The post office operated from 1 November 1869 until 1945, serving the small settlement that had grown around Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur's grazing country north of Marulan. Part of the Big Hill Post Office series.