Paddock and Cottage Size:L debris and a rusted pipe

debris and a rusted pipe cover the floor

The Little Company of Mary opened the first wing here in 1889 and operated the complex until 1986

Cracked tiles and exposed pipework trace the extent of the decay

combining the local post office function with the postmaster's family residence

the void now holding still water at its base

Paddock and Cottage Size:L debris and a rusted pipeA weatherboard homestead with Gothic Revival bargeboards sits behind a low timber fence, a separate outbuilding and chimney to its right, tall trees rising behind under an overcast sky. The buildings are part of Mill Pond Farm at Jembaicumbene, a pastoral estate established in the 1830s by Roberts and Badgery on the Southern Tablelands. The broad green paddock in the foreground was wheat country from the 1840s through to 1885. Part of the Mill Pond