Steel fabricator Scott Campbell fondly remembers the 'dying art' of working iron into unique shapes, a craft popularised in the outback city in the 1950s by the man who began the business Mr Campbell now owns more than six decades later.
When Anthony and June Hadad found their dream home almost 50 years ago, they had not taken much notice of the distinctive front gate that came with it.
"Only recently, one person stopped by and said, 'I like your gate', but now I've started seeing people going past and looking at ," Mr Hadad added.ABC News: Oliver BrownWhile the Hadads are unsure of the motivations behind the gate's unique design, which, like their house, was purchased from the local police sergeant at the time, they think they know who made it.
With no access to the computer-aided laser-cutting technology available to modern-day metal workers, Mr Nejaim and his staff made everything by hand.Mr Campbell runs a conventional steel fabrication business on the same block of land where Mr Nejaim's workshop once stood."Someone could come to him and say, 'I've got this idea. I want my gates to have a peacock in them', and he would start sketching it.
"A lot of this wrought iron work is very labour intensive, but on the same token, Broken Hill as a city has a lot of wrought iron that's been around for over 100 years," he said."I look at some of the prefab fencing often comes from China because no-one can compete … is that going to be there in 100 years? Who would know?"Many examples of wrought iron still exist in Broken Hill, including at the old town hall.
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