Shopfront mezzanine closing permanently in August 1988

closing permanently in August 1988

Tiled walls crumble and rust stains run from abandoned basins and exposed pipes in the amenities block at Peters Creameries Pty Ltd's Chatham factory

Buildings like this one represent the full arc of pastoral settlement: selector's cottages staked on 320-acre gambles

picking out peeling paint and rust-stained concrete on surfaces that once sat above the heat of a working steam-driven dairy plant

The radio direction finder receiver on the bridge of MV Cape Don

Shopfront mezzanine closing permanently in August 1988A green beauty salon sign still clings to the upper facade of a two storey commercial building in Yubari, the awning below it torn and collapsed, curtains hanging behind cracked glass. The shopfront is gutted. In a city whose population fell from a peak of around 107,972 to fewer than 6,000 today, this building is one of hundreds. Part of the Streetscapes of Yubari series.