Talbots Place hexagon Quarrying at Hornsby ran from

Quarrying at Hornsby ran from around 1905 until 2002

purpose-built in 1926 and running as Purnell Shoe Company by the 1970s

stands open to dry paddock grass on all sides

A long corridor runs the length of one of the Queen Victoria Sanitorium's ward buildings at Wentworth Falls

Paint peels from every surface and the timber shows years of weathering since the park closed on 7 December 2006

Talbots Place hexagon Quarrying at Hornsby ran fromA corrugated iron shed bearing the painted name "J. E. Talbot" stands in rural New South Wales, its rusted roller door flanked by old drums, timber pallets, and a weathered bowser. Grass and wildflowers have taken back the yard. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.