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Iconic Towns
Gone ... but not forgotten

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

New South Wales

Armidale
Distinguished town in the picturesque New England region
Bathurst
The scene of Australia's first gold rush

Berrima
Former staging post on the highway between Sydney and Melbourne
Broken Hill
Outback town, famous for its mines and artistic community

Gundagai
The town near which the dog sits on the tuckerbox
Gulgong
Goldrush town associated with poet Henry Lawson

Tenterfield
Birthplace of the Federation of Australia's states
Tilba Tilba
Picturesque 19th century farming village

Western Australia

Albany
WA's first settlement on one of the world's finest natural harbours
Broome
Historic pearling town where the desert meets the sea

Coolgardie
Ghost town, the site of one of Australia's richest goldfields
York
WA's first inland town, situated in the Avon Valley

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

Margaret River
Centre of a vibrant agricultural and tourist region of WA
Roebourne
Historic commercial centre of the Pilbara region

Toodyay
19th century village in the agriculturally rich Avon Valley
Wyndham
The first major settlement in WA's far north

Queensland

Bowen
The quintessential tropical Queensland port town
Bundaberg
Regional centre, home to Bundaberg Rum and pioneer aviator Bert Hinkler

Charters Towers
19th century outback town
Chillagoe
Copper mining ghost town in Queensland's far north mineral belt

Ipswich
Historic town on the outskirts of Brisbane
Longreach
Birthplace of Australia's national airline - Qantas

Mt. Isa
Working mining town in outback Queensland
Mt. Morgan
Picturesque mining town in central Queensland

Winton
Home of Australia's most famous bush ballad, 'Waltzing Matilda'
Yungaburra
Picturesque historic village in the southern Atherton Tablelands

Victoria

St Arnaud
Victorian era splendour in a former goldmining town
Ballarat
Famous goldmining city of Central Victoria.

Beechworth
Goldmining town frozen in time
Bendigo
A city that was a centre of goldmining in the 1850s

Chiltern
Sleepy goldrush era village in north eastern Victoria
Echuca
Historic goldrush era river port on the Murray River

Bright
Gateway to the Victorian Alpine region
Maldon
Goldrush era town that is a mirror of a bygone era

Tasmania

Bothwell
Historic towns recalling life in 19th century Tasmania
Hamilton
One of Australia's most perfectly preserved Georgian era villages

Oatlands
Time has stood still in this preserved Georgian village
New Norfolk
Georgian era village on the River Derwent

Richmond
19th century Georgian era town with a famous convict bridge
Stanley
Picture postcard 19th century village in Tasmania's north west

Strahan
Gateway to Tasmania's South West Wilderness area
Bushy Park
Birthplace of Australia's hop growing industry

South Australia

Burra
Historic copper mining town in SA's wheatbelt
Coober Pedy
Eccentric opal mining town where people live underground to escape the desert heat

Goolwa
Historic sea port and site of Australia's first commercial railway
Kapunda
Historic copper mining town near the Barossa Valley

Moonta
Cornish influenced mining town in the Yorke Peninsula's copper triangle
Penola
One of SA's best preserved 19th century villages

Port Pirie
Port town and former railway centre
Tanunda
The centre of SA's wine industry and the Barossa Valley

Quorn
Former railway town in the Flinders Ranges
Woomera
Support town for weapons testing in the 1960s

Northern Territory

Adelaide River
Centre of World War II military activities in northern Australia
Alice Springs
Thriving outback town in the centre of Australia

Katherine
Pioneer settlement in the Territory's far north
Tennant Creek
Important stopover town on the Stuart Highway
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