House On The Hill Size:S Peeling paint and weathered timber

Peeling paint and weathered timber on the garden verandah of Queen Victoria Sanitorium

one of 185 Holden dealerships across Australia when GM pulled the franchise in February 2020

Empty tables and chairs occupy the main dining area of the Queen Victoria Sanitorium

The factory opened in 1939 and ran as a steam-driven dairy plant until the late 1990s

the largest steam-powered water pumping station in Australia when it opened in 1921

House On The Hill Size:S Peeling paint and weathered timberA timber framed house stands alone on an exposed hill, its bleached facade open to sun and wind through broken windows. Structures like this one represent the long arc of rural settlement across the Snowy Monaro and Hunter Valley, from the selector's gamble of the 1860s onward to the progressive abandonment that followed. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.