Ghost Towns of Australia by George Farwell

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book edges and corners. Foxing to top foredge. Some faint marks on the tail foredge. Pages are sunned. Dust jacket is also in very good condition with some sunning to book flaps. Now enclosed in protective plastic covering. Interior and binding are still excellent.

Enlarged and revised 2nd edition.

Despite its comparatively short history of white settlement, the map of Australia is dotted with the names of towns that are now only a handful of ruins or less.

Some were killed when gold petered out. Some languished when a lack of rain and erosion forced farmers off the surrounding marginal lands. And some just died.

Towns in Australia that had ceased to exist by the 1970s include: Waukaringa, Hammond, Thackaringa, Silverton, Mount Gipps, Milparinka, Tibooburra, Innamincka, Tallangatta, Clunes, Pipeclay, Hill End, Port Douglas, Bloomfield River, Cooktown, Palmer River, Croydon, Karumba, Burketown, Borroloola, Port Essington, Halls Creek and Port Arthur.