Mary Kathleen – A Former Australian Mining Town
Mary Kathleen was once a bustling mining centre in north-western Queensland, Australia however the mining industry declined and the town was left abandoned.
Mary Kathleen was once a bustling mining centre in north-western Queensland, Australia however the mining industry declined and the town was left abandoned.
Yerranderie in New South Wales, Australia was once a bustling mining town however it was abandoned in the 1920s when the industry collapsed.
Port Arthur had a reputation as an inescapable prison but it gained further fame as the site of Australia’s worst post-war massacre in 1996.
Rozelle Tram Depot was built in 1904 but abandoned in 1958 as the Sydney Tram Lines began to close. It has since been redeveloped into The Tramsheds.
The village of Kelso in Southern New Zealand was abandoned in 1980 after continuous occurrences of flooding. The entire population was moved elsewhere.