Bathroom and school room, a photo from New South Wales, East

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At the old Dunlop Station beside the Darling River there is a small building just near the homestead. In it are 2 very different rooms. On the left you see a bathroom which may have been for employees to use. The water heater next to the bath is an old wood chip heater common in Australia 1800s. There would have been another section above where a fire would be lit for heating the bath water. You can see where the flue went through the wall. It looks like they had to pay extra for soap although that sign may be a recent addition.
On the right is a school room which was used for the owner's children - no solid wall, just fly wire and a slow combustion wood fire to try to warm the room in winter. It would have been extremely hot and probably very dusty in summer. Isolated properties in the Australian outback frequently had a live in tutor or teacher.

COSTANTINO, ikeharel, holmertz, ChrisJ, pierrefonds, jhm, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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jang (2001) 2021-08-25 20:02

Hi Ian
Why did the heart of Australia become a huge desert? Is it because of the lack of water resources and dams? I hope the whole continent of Australia becomes a forest. The weather feels too dry. It's a great weekend soon.

pajaran (114845) 2021-08-25 22:03

Pozdrav.

Lepi pogledi, dobar tekst ...
Interesantna stara arhitektura, dobro pokazana sa lepim bojama i kontrastom.
Dobar rad sa dve lepe fotografije.
Ostale su prostorije i secanja.

Zelim vam lepo popodne, sve najbolje.
Paja

COSTANTINO (115477) 2021-08-25 22:31

Hello dear Ian
yew a good day today
all uploads are working again...
thanks for your description
in details...an absolute different
photo from the usuals...
i RED CAREFULLY YOUR USEFUL
NOTES and I understood better
the description on both photos
regards
Costantino

jemaflor (146234) 2021-08-25 23:09

Hi Ian,
Simple and original, well presented with these two photos the interior of this house, good management for the light with sund and shadows, tfs.

Fis2 (169659) 2021-08-26 0:13

Witaj Lan!
A very interesting picture.
Curious place, view make impression, I like it.
Good framing, colors and light.
Well done.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

holmertz (101946) 2021-08-26 0:54

Hello Ian,
Interesting photos that tell me of attempts to make tough living conditions bearable. No matter what was done it would have been either hot or very cold and nearly always dusty. I don't envy them.
Best regards,
Gert

ChrisJ (171172) 2021-08-26 7:46

Hi Ian

I remember chopping wood in the backyard of a friend's home in Stanthorpe for such a wood chip heater bath in the late 1960's. Good duo of images from this old sheep station. Tfs!

pierrefonds (113534) 2021-08-26 7:50

Hi Ian,

The Dunlop station has a good collection of antiques. The point of view is showing the details of the bathroom and of the classroom. The light is bringing out the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

jhm (211734) 2021-08-26 9:40

Hello Ian,

Happy that we get a old image with the bathroom almost in open air
This is real a nice exemplar.
Excellent sharp and clear photographed.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

lousat (138561) 2021-08-26 10:14

Hi Ian,your trip is a really walk in the past, every day a new surprise,another bath, this time full closed..ahaha..and an interesting school view too,i like it! Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano

Tue (91526) 2021-08-26 10:41

Hello Ian,
Two good photos of these two different rooms and their few pieces of furniture. The one at right has got a really nice pattern of shadows as well.
Lars

abmdsudi (95869) 2021-08-26 20:15

Hi Ian
There's some ye olde good stuff there! I do like this combination of light and the shadow made by the wooden frame. The time was just right and the exposure control is spot on. Well done
Best regards

GyurMaster (24668) 2021-08-27 12:44

Hello Ian,

An excellent portrayal of the outback. So, there were no solid walls? But how was heat kept in winter? With some clothes placed on the walls?

Best Wishes,
Gy.

jmdias (114220) 2021-08-28 12:33

ian

curious objects, each one telling the history of the place. the radio looks like a head of an old diving suit.

take care

jorge

mcmtanyel (67583) 2021-09-22 19:35

Hello Ian,
It looks like everything in the bathroom is made of metal, even the walls. The schoolroom looks like a cheerful place.
Regards,
MT