Dormitory Common Area Size:L Deserted at Lake Macquarie

Deserted at Lake Macquarie

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

the glowing orange liquid throwing dense clouds of steam as it hits cooler air

Equipment like this kept the production lines running through more than a century of glass manufacturing on this single site

The building was constructed in 1967 as a purpose-built television set for Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Dormitory Common Area Size:L Deserted at Lake MacquarieThe common area of Seika Dormitory sits stripped and still, peeling paint and grimy windows the only evidence of the domestic life once organised around this space. Built in 1927 by the Gakuso Foundation to house Taiwanese students studying in Tokyo, the reinforced concrete building operated for 80 years before a 2007 fire displaced its remaining residents. Part of the Seika Dormitory series.