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cardboard boxes flattened across the floor and an office chair left upright among the scattered debris

it is one of many former businesses left standing as Yubari's population fell toward fewer than 6

Workbenches and forgotten tools sit under a layer of dust in the upstairs workshop of the Northcote Shoe Factory

Every surface layered with graffiti

Delegate Shearers Front western australia cardboard boxes flattened across theThe weathered timber and corrugated iron facade of the Delegate shearers' quarters, its empty windows and peeling paint marking the end of seasonal work that once brought gangs of men together each year. Delegate sits at the southern edge of the Monaro, one of the earliest pastoral frontiers in New South Wales, with European settlement reaching this far south from 1827. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.