Curio

State Library of New South Wales

John Heins's weatherboard cottage, Gulgong

1872
Glass photonegative

Mrs Hawkes and her children stand in front of the unusual wooden veranda of this miner's cottage. The same cottage can be seen side-on in the view of Gulgong from Church Hill, revealing the simple dwelling behind the façade.

Emma Bjorndahl talks about portraits of people and their homes