Laboratory Colour:Black the reinforced concrete building survived

the reinforced concrete building survived decades of diplomatic limbo before a 2007 fire displaced its last residents

dust settled across the machine and work surface

what remained was the brick shell

Regular services ended on 26 March 1986

Concrete columns rise floor to ceiling

Laboratory Colour:Black the reinforced concrete building survivedDust covered workbenches and broken equipment scattered across the floor of the abandoned laboratory within Peters Creameries Pty Ltd's steam driven dairy factory at Chatham. Faded labels remain on empty bottles, remnants of a plant that processed condensed milk, butter, and dairy products from the Manning River valley. The factory opened in 1939 and operated until the late 1990s. Part of the Peters' Ice Cream Factory series.