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One of the convict workshops on Cockatoo Island.

The Convict Workshops date back to the 1840s. The rooms feature convict slab sandstone walls, raw concrete floors, large arched windows and high ceilings. There are large pieces of World War I and II era machinery embedded into the floor of two of the buildings. The buildings are part of the island's industrial precinct.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Looks and sounds quite severe. Was it part of a jail system?

[Richard Sayer]

Superb in B&W Annie... it looks suitably austere, given its former function.

[Annie D]

@olivetreeann it was Ann - it was a prison
@vignouse they do use these buildings for some functions nowadays

[Lynne]

Wonderful image...works really well in B&W

[Caroline]

I love the textures and the space in this - and what fascinating info!!

[Lee-Ann]

Lovely capture.

[Debs Stott]

What a great space - probably not for the convicts though ;)

[Ming Ryan]

Like the pov used and the light through the windows emphasized with bw

[Barb Newcomb]

Great shot of it Annie.

[Babs]

Great shot and the b&w just shows the bleakness of the surroundings. Abandon hope .........

[Wylie]

what a lovely stark building. great shot.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful capture. Great info, too.

[Margaret Obey]

I love the strong lines in this? Fav

[PTP: Past their Prime]

Great b&w. Good detail.

[Paula W]

So many great shapes and textures.

[maree_sanderson]

love the detail in this...

[Kate Goring]

What a fabulous shot. Such gorgeous light into a place that I am sure was very grimm.

[Phil Howcroft]

fab mono tones and an even better name for an island !!!!

[Gena Pegg]

FAVulous very cool processing...so interesting.

[jackie edwards]

nicely processed...textures of the building are great.

[aikiuser (jenn)]

Very bleak, but very beautiful somehow. Wonderful tones, textures and shapes. Really great!

[Yao RL]

This is photographer's heaven. Very nice shot.

[Jane Morley]

So many textures.

[Dyan Stevens]

I actually said "Ooh" when I saw this. Wonderful lighting and history.

[Bankmann]

Looks like a fascinating place… Would love to explore it...

[Hazel]

Dramatic b&w. Interesting info - what a dreadful punitive society we had (and still have, largely, I think.)