Assembly Hall Size:L A large industrial blower

A large industrial blower

Industrial washing machines and dryers stand rusting in the abandoned laundry room at Queen Victoria Sanitorium

closing permanently in August 1988

The building has stood unmanaged since the operator's bankruptcy in 2007

paying guests

Assembly Hall Size:L A large industrial blowerThe assembly hall at Macquarie Boys Technology High School, Rydalmere, its barrel vaulted ceiling held by steel truss ribs that survived what the rest of the building did not. The raised stage at the far end sits stripped and open, hardwood floor buried under debris and scattered timber. Graffiti covers every wall. The campus closed in 2009 and was demolished in 2018. Part of the Macquarie Boys Technology High series.