Stairwell Looking Up sorachi a father and mother cast

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

their faded signs catching afternoon sun

The station has been maintained by the Friends of Bombala Railway ever since

Western Village operated from October 1973 until December 2006

The works closed permanently in August 1988

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.