Goods Shed Timber Platform lead paint Built at State Dockyard

Built at State Dockyard

The purpose-built factory on Arthurton Road opened in 1926 and operated as Purnell Shoe Company through the 1970s

The grinding pans and press machinery retained here represent the same fundamental technology introduced with the industrialisation of brickmaking in the latter nineteenth century

the southernmost reach of a branch line that had taken 37 years to push down from Joppa Junction

flat grass paddocks stretch out in every direction

Goods Shed Timber Platform lead paint Built at State DockyardSunlight falls across the worn timber platform of Bombala Railway Station's goods shed, the planks cracked and dry, raw grain showing through the splits. The corrugated iron goods shed, built in 1921, sits within a yard that stretches roughly 900 metres across the Monaro tablelands. The station closed 26 March 1986 after 65 years as a pastoral terminus. Part of the Bombala Station series.