Stairwell Looking Up sorachi a father and mother cast

a father and mother cast in the image of the city's coal mining families

a Federation-era structure that once generated electricity for the entire industrial complex

their faded signs catching afternoon sun

left in place when the last train called on 26 March 1986

Stairwell Looking Up sorachi a father and mother castLooking up through the stairwell of the Braidwood Hotel, timber joists, beams and stair stringers frame a central void that rises toward a bright window at the top. The staircase serves the upper accommodation levels of a building that has operated continuously since 1859, when it was built during the Gold Rush expansion of Wallace Street. Part of the Braidwood Hotel series.