Hunter Hilltop Colour:N/A Structures like this one were

Structures like this one were the physical residue of the selector's gamble: 320 acres of Crown land for £1 per acre

single-room shelters in a landscape that demanded practicality above everything else

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

Ceiling panels hang loose above debris-covered floors

This was the maintenance side of a factory that at its peak employed 139 maintenance workers alone

Hunter Hilltop Colour:N/A Structures like this one wereA derelict dwelling sits on an exposed Hunter hilltop, its broken windows open to the valley below. Structures like this represent the furthest reach of rural settlement across New South Wales, built by selectors and graziers and left behind as the land became unworkable. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.