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Ghost towns in Australia
Australia has 13 ghost towns on Detourmap — ghost towns, abandoned settlements and industry left to rot. The best known is Cossack. All of them are below.
- Ghost towns
- 13
- Of archaeological
- 13 of 113
- Little known
- 13 of 13
- Oldest
- Yarrabin 1851
Questions about this page
How many ghost towns are there in Australia?
13 on this map, out of 113 archaeological & historic sites in Australia. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.
What is the best known ghost town in Australia?
Cossack. Ghost town in Western Australia.
Which ghost towns in Australia are the least visited?
13 of the 13 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.
Ghost towns elsewhere
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All 113 archaeological & historic sites in Australia → · All 859 places in Australia →