Public Bath lamps Shellharbour Resort at New South

Shellharbour Resort at New South Wales

its painted walls peeling back through layers of colour applied over nearly a century of continuous use

where the architecture itself was considered part of the treatment

Rows of chairs fill the dress circle of Marina Picture Palace

rust streaking down weathered panels after years of exposure

Public Bath lamps Shellharbour Resort at New SouthRusting pipes trace the walls of the public bathhouse at Nichitsu Mining Village, broken tiles scattered across the floor beneath. This shared facility served the Ogurawa settlement's workforce under Nitchitsu Co. Ltd., where workers without private bathrooms in the concrete apartment blocks came to wash after shifts underground. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.