Dalgety Blues Size:XS later trading as Purnell Shoe

later trading as Purnell Shoe Company

Spray paint layers the surface

which operated continuously from 1903 until May 1999

graffiti marking the paintwork around them

The Maltings ran floor malting here until production ceased in 1980

Dalgety Blues Size:XS later trading as Purnell ShoeFading blue paint peels from the weatherboard walls of an abandoned building in Dalgety, New South Wales. The town sits on the Snowy River in the southern Monaro, and was evaluated as a potential site for Australia's federal capital between 1902 and 1903, before the decision ultimately went against it. Dust settles on empty rooms. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.