Fading Victoria
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Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia Visible due to recent demolition of a building, this painted advertisement is nearly 125 years old. The render and mortar ... (more) |
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 1950s, when land was compulsorily acquired for construction of the Cairn ... (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) | ||||
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