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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Greenvale, Victoria, Australia [VIDEO] Various footage from 2006-2008 showing former military depot. |
Trawool, Victoria, Australia Completed in 1895, this reservoir - also known as Trawool Reservoir - supplied water to the town of Seymour for around 80 ... (more) |
Mernda, Victoria, Australia An old house and shop which date back to the 1850s or 1860s. Although in poor condition, and abandoned for several years ... (more) |
Forbes, Victoria, Australia The beautiful view from near the site of High Park railway station, which was part of the short-lived, ill-fated Kilmore ... (more) | ||||
Kimbolton, Victoria, Australia Looking over a bridge that now sits underneath Lake Eppalock. Originally covered by water as the man-made lake was created ... (more) |
Craigieburn, Victoria, Australia The front page of "The Age" newspaper, from a Wednesday in September 1907, used as a liner beneath wallpaper. If you look ... (more) |
Craigieburn, Victoria, Australia The main hallway of this old home seems to be the only part of building still standing, and it's not looking too solid. Arson ... (more) |
Chewton, Victoria, Australia Like many locations posted on this site, this old tunnel was a serendipitous discovery, found when I inadvertently drove ... (more) | ||||
Langley, Victoria, Australia A view that has likely not changed for many years, and will hopefully stay for many more. The path to the bottom of Turpin's ... (more) |
Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia Although decommissioned in 1982, after 30+ years the contents of this power station control room remain mostly intact and ... (more) |
Monegeetta, Victoria, Australia Situated in the service area of the mansion 'Mintaro', this device was used to signal staff for attention. A press of a button ... (more) |
Maribyrnong, Victoria, Australia A sign warning of the consequences of entering the former explosives factory in Maribyrnong. The sign would have been created ... (more) | ||||
Welshmans Reef, Victoria, Australia A homestead abandoned when the Cairn Curran reservoir began construction in the mid 1940s. When the reservoir is full the ... (more) |
Welshmans Reef, Victoria, Australia View from the kitchen of a homestead, abandoned when land was acquired to build a reservoir in the mid 1940s. The homestead ... (more) |
Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia The shell of the former Wesleyan Methodist church, dating back to 1864. Although a fire in 2000 caused significant damage ... (more) |
Carlton North, Victoria, Australia Advertising for Dunlop Tyres, painted on a roofing beam of a building currently under demolition. Martin Shelley's motor ... (more) | ||||
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