Gone ... but not forgotten |
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Ruins
The ghosts of the past are a reminder of more prosperous days. |
Ghost Towns
Once great towns are a shadow of their former glory |
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Armidale
Distinguished town in the picturesque New England region |
Bathurst
The scene of Australia's first gold rush |
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Berrima
Former staging post on the highway between Sydney and Melbourne |
Broken Hill
Outback town, famous for its mines and artistic community |
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Gundagai
The town near which the dog sits on the tuckerbox |
Gulgong
Goldrush town associated with poet Henry Lawson |
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Tenterfield
Birthplace of the Federation of Australia's states |
Tilba Tilba
Picturesque 19th century farming village |
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Albany
WA's first settlement on one of the world's finest natural harbours |
Broome
Historic pearling town where the desert meets the sea |
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Coolgardie
Ghost town, the site of one of Australia's richest goldfields |
York
WA's first inland town, situated in the Avon Valley |
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Fremantle
Port city to the the Swan River settlement and modern day Perth |
Kalgoorlie
Home of the Golden Mile, the richest gold seam ever found in the world |
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Margaret River
Centre of a vibrant agricultural and tourist region of WA |
Roebourne
Historic commercial centre of the Pilbara region |
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Toodyay
19th century village in the agriculturally rich Avon Valley |
Wyndham
The first major settlement in WA's far north |
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Bowen
The quintessential tropical Queensland port town |
Bundaberg
Regional centre, home to Bundaberg Rum and pioneer aviator Bert Hinkler |
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Ipswich
Historic town on the outskirts of Brisbane |
Longreach
Birthplace of Australia's national airline - Qantas |
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Mt. Isa
Working mining town in outback Queensland |
Mt. Morgan
Picturesque mining town in central Queensland |
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Winton
Home of Australia's most famous bush ballad, 'Waltzing Matilda' |
Yungaburra
Picturesque historic village in the southern Atherton Tablelands |
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St Arnaud
Victorian era splendour in a former goldmining town |
Ballarat
Famous goldmining city of Central Victoria. |
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Beechworth
Goldmining town frozen in time |
Bendigo
A city that was a centre of goldmining in the 1850s |
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Chiltern
Sleepy goldrush era village in north eastern Victoria |
Echuca
Historic goldrush era river port on the Murray River |
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Bright
Gateway to the Victorian Alpine region |
Maldon
Goldrush era town that is a mirror of a bygone era |
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Bothwell
Historic towns recalling life in 19th century Tasmania |
Hamilton
One of Australia's most perfectly preserved Georgian era villages |
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Oatlands
Time has stood still in this preserved Georgian village |
New Norfolk
Georgian era village on the River Derwent |
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Richmond
19th century Georgian era town with a famous convict bridge |
Stanley
Picture postcard 19th century village in Tasmania's north west |
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Strahan
Gateway to Tasmania's South West Wilderness area |
Bushy Park
Birthplace of Australia's hop growing industry |
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Burra
Historic copper mining town in SA's wheatbelt |
Coober Pedy
Eccentric opal mining town where people live underground to escape the desert heat |
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Goolwa
Historic sea port and site of Australia's first commercial railway |
Kapunda
Historic copper mining town near the Barossa Valley |
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Moonta
Cornish influenced mining town in the Yorke Peninsula's copper triangle |
Penola
One of SA's best preserved 19th century villages |
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Port Pirie
Port town and former railway centre |
Tanunda
The centre of SA's wine industry and the Barossa Valley |
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Quorn
Former railway town in the Flinders Ranges |
Woomera
Support town for weapons testing in the 1960s |
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Adelaide River
Centre of World War II military activities in northern Australia |
Alice Springs
Thriving outback town in the centre of Australia |
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Katherine
Pioneer settlement in the Territory's far north |
Tennant Creek
Important stopover town on the Stuart Highway |
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