Fading VictoriaConsumer hunger for residential land and infrastructure is slowly destroying many historical sites located near the steadily expanding fringes of suburbia. Weather also takes its toll on beautiful rural buildings that have been abandoned by their owners. What causes them to just walk away?Now: a photographer documents a handful of sites located in the state of Victoria, Australia -- before they fade away completely...
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Maddingley, Victoria, Australia This brick kiln, located near Bacchus Marsh, was built around 1885 for Messrs. Pearce Brothers, and was used for processing ... (more) |
Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia Part of the advertising painted on the side wall of a shop was revealed by the demolition of a house in early 2013. It appears ... (more) |
Craigieburn, Victoria, Australia Fire and vandalism in this abandoned house reveal old wooden walls beneath the cracked hemp plaster panels. The house is ... (more) |
Wollert, Victoria, Australia An old and abandoned weatherboard house. The rear foundations seem to have sunk, making the whole building lean slightly ... (more) | ||||
Welshmans Reef, Victoria, Australia View from inside the house on the water. I'm not sure if this was originally the front or rear entrance. Note the minor flooding ... (more) |
Welshmans Reef, Victoria, Australia An old homestead, presumably abandoned around the mid 1900s, when land was compulsorily acquired for construction of the ... (more) |
Clunes, Victoria, Australia Old 2 cent and 5 cent stamp vending machines at the Clunes Post Office. These are no longer operational, but at least they ... (more) |
High Camp, Victoria, Australia A section of highway long ago bypassed. The crumbling leaf covered area to the left of the photo is actually the left half ... (more) | ||||
Williams Landing, Victoria, Australia The alignment of runway 35 at the former RAAF Laverton Airfield coincides neatly with the alignment of a major road that ... (more) |
Truganina, Victoria, Australia Another view of the entry area of an abandoned cottage. The front door disappeared between visits. |
Truganina, Victoria, Australia Behind the front door of an abandoned cottage. This small entry area joined two distinct buildings, possibly from different ... (more) |
Craigieburn, Victoria, Australia Found by developers when digging up what was previously farmland, an official archeological dig uncovered evidence of an ... (more) | ||||
Camberwell, Victoria, Australia A mapping error by council meant that an interim heritage overlay was declared invalid, allowing the developers of this property ... (more) |
High Camp, Victoria, Australia Hiding in overgrowth a hundred metres past the High Camp station site is this old wooden buffer, which was used to retard ... (more) |
Wollert, Victoria, Australia This old cattle milking structure was found on a farm that was abandoned about 10 years ago, but it is likely to have fallen ... (more) |
Lyndhurst, Victoria, Australia A Bell 47J helicopter from the late 1950s that was retired from flight and used as a simulator at the former amusement park ... (more) | ||||
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