Built between 1811 and 1816 as the southern end of the Sydney Hospital it became a mint in 1854 when gold was discovered in New South Wales. It was the first Royal Mint outside of England. It operated as mint until 1926.
Today it is an interesting museum and the building itself is part of Historic Trust.
This photograph, rendered in black and white has been selected by South Australian Museum for their Body Adornment exhibition.
I have taken this photograph in February 2007 and first published it under the title “Trends“. Once more I would like to thank the young man in the photograph for allowing me to take his portrait and being such a cool model. He totally ignored the ever so close lens pointed at his face.
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