{"product_id":"forgotten-australia-100-abandoned-places-and-the-stories-behind-them-9798195171582","title":"Forgotten Australia: 100 Abandoned Places and the Stories Behind Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rory Denham\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Australia \u0026amp; New Zealand - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAustralia did not abandon these places by accident.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the continent, ruins still mark the places where Australia built, extracted, punished, confined, tested, displaced, prospered - and then moved on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForgotten Australia\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of 100 abandoned, lost and overlooked places: convict settlements, ghost towns, mining ruins, nuclear test sites, mission stations, psychiatric hospitals, industrial remains, railway settlements, forgotten institutions and landscapes still carrying the consequences of decisions made decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Port Arthur and Norfolk Island to Wittenoom, Maralinga, Farina, Mary Kathleen, the Old Ghan Railway, Lake Mungo, Cossack, Gwalia, Arltunga, Old Melbourne Gaol and the abandoned edges of Australia's industrial and colonial past, this book looks beyond the atmosphere of decay to ask a harder question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho built these places, why were they abandoned, and what did Australia choose to forget?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a simple guide to ruins. It is a journey through Australian history told through the places left behind - the towns that vanished when mines closed, the institutions whose walls still hold uncomfortable histories, the contaminated landscapes that never fully healed, and the heritage sites whose survival forces the past back into view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside you will discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100 abandoned, lost and contested places across Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhost towns, mining settlements and outback ruins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConvict sites, prisons, asylums and institutions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCold War, nuclear and military landscapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForgotten railway towns, industrial ruins and failed settlements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe historical decisions behind each place - and what happened next\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForgotten Australia\u003c\/i\u003e is for readers interested in Australian history, abandoned places, ghost towns, dark tourism, industrial heritage, convict history, hidden landscapes and the stories that survive after a place has been left behind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882956800151,"sku":"9798195171582","price":1726.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798195171582.webp?v=1781098334","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/forgotten-australia-100-abandoned-places-and-the-stories-behind-them-9798195171582","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}