Nissen Hut Barn Size:XL A corrugated iron roof spreads

A corrugated iron roof spreads across one of the larger structures at Waratah Park

The peeling paint and grime of a long-abandoned section of what was once Australia's first purpose-built moral therapy hospital

with European settlement reaching this far south from 1827

The Nimmitabel-Bombala section opened 21 November 1921 and closed to all traffic 26 March 1986

The building is one of several on the 12

Nissen Hut Barn Size:XL A corrugated iron roof spreadsA corrugated iron Nissen hut, its arching shell streaked with rust, now stores hay bales on a rural New South Wales property. Post WWII surplus Nissen huts found a second life across the Australian countryside as farm buildings, their curved profiles repurposed for whatever the land demanded. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.