Disused building in the self-proclaimed ghost town of Cook, South Australia. (Image: John Darrington/Wikimedia) Connected to Eyre Highway by 100km of dirt road, Cook’s current population can be ...

Here are 14 towns that Australia forgot. This list was compiled with help from a map of ghost towns created by Lifehacker. 1. Cook, South Australia This railway stop on the Trans-Australian ...

Australia is already littered with ghost towns: lifeless versions of once-thriving mining communities that withered and died as long ago as the Gold Rush. Locals were devastated when Rio Tinto ...

What happens when people leave a place behind? Nature takes over. Across the United States, ghost towns once bustling with ...

The number of vacant homes in regional areas is giving rise to ghost towns ... of short-term rental accommodation in Western Australia. Towns and localities with the highest vacancy rates ...

The grid town now stands derelict in desert dust and mostly dismantled. It is now known as one of Western Australia’s ghost towns – one to visit if you like wandering eerie places. Where ...

Arltunga, located in the sandy hills 110 kilometres east of Alice Springs, was Central Australia's first official town. The settlement was born from a gold rush in 1887 and hosted up to 300 people.

But in today’s world, we have our own ghost cities ... This mining town of 200 workers and their families in Western Australia produced asbestos, a building material in high demand in the ...

Australia's city centres are filled with ghost ... Cafes and restaurants are also living in fear of the ghost town central business districts. Vicky Vardis of Barangaroo's Vessel restaurant ...

Once a symbol of economic prosperity, Wittenoom, Australia, is now a ghost town, polluted by decades of asbestos mining.Credit... Supported by By Yan Zhuang Photographs and Video by Matthew Abbott ...

Australian Documentary – Ghost Town Cricket bagged Top Award of the festival, i.e. Film of the Festival Award. Festival Jury for the 4 th edition consisted of critically acclaimed and award ...

Sydney Olympic Park is undergoing another transformation, this time into a thriving new community, where young residents such as Ivy and Thomas Chung can envision a long, bright future. Sydney ...