Backyard piled dust Galaxy Motel at New South

Galaxy Motel at New South Wales

designed by Colonial Architect James Barnet on the principle that the building itself was part of the cure

and its population has continued to fall in the years since

Between closure and demolition around 2021

The building began as Asahi Elementary School in 1975

Backyard piled dust Galaxy Motel at New SouthThe backyard of Big Hill Post Office, photographed in 2020. Weeds push through cracked concrete and corrugated iron walls carry rust and peeling paint in layers. The post office operated from 1 November 1869 until 1945, serving the small settlement that had grown around Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur's grazing country north of Marulan. Part of the Big Hill Post Office series.