Dalgety Blues Size:XS A vintage cash register sits

A vintage cash register sits abandoned on a counter at Family School Fureai

Spray paint layers the surface

the residential community that served Chichibu Mine for decades

Dust-covered machinery sits idle across the eastern section of ABBCO Bakery's main production floor

Dalgety Blues Size:XS A vintage cash register sitsFading blue paint peels from the weatherboard walls of an abandoned building in Dalgety, New South Wales. The town sits on the Snowy River in the southern Monaro, and was evaluated as a potential site for Australia's federal capital between 1902 and 1903, before the decision ultimately went against it. Dust settles on empty rooms. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.