Dentist colouds Doorway at Yarraville

Doorway at Yarraville

Basic oxygen steelmaking was introduced at the steelworks in 1972 in 200/250 tonne vessels

Australia's largest crude steel production plant

before the broader collapse of Melbourne's footwear industry shuttered it for good

lifting dust from the decaying timber below

Dentist colouds Doorway at YarravilleA rusted dental chair sits at the centre of a decayed consulting room in the Ogurawa settlement, instruments layered in dust, the fittings corroded to a deep orange brown. The clinic was part of the company built infrastructure that served Chichibu Mine's workforce and families at peak. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.