Revolving Door bartender This science classroom at Macquarie

This science classroom at Macquarie Boys Technology High School in Rydalmere looks as though a lesson was interrupted and never resumed

its green tiled roof still intact

when BHP closed the mine citing persistent operating losses

A steel slab taken mid-cut

carrying debt of approximately 35

Revolving Door bartender This science classroom at MacquarieBlue grey tiles line a hallway at Awaba Colliery, leading toward a pair of partially open double doors fitted with security grates and push signs. The corridor was part of the surface infrastructure of a state owned drift mine that operated from 1947 until coal reserves in the Great Northern Seam were exhausted in 2012. A mop and bucket rest beyond the threshold. Part of the Awaba Colliery series.