House On The Hill Size:S Empty tables and chairs occupy

Empty tables and chairs occupy the main dining area of the Queen Victoria Sanitorium

and a brick chimney rises on the left against a press of old-growth trees behind

one of 59 structures Brett Patman photographed across the Snowy Monaro and Hunter Valley between 2016 and 2019

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

the largest steam-powered water pumping station in Australia when it opened in 1921

House On The Hill Size:S Empty tables and chairs occupyA timber framed house stands alone on an exposed hill, its bleached facade open to sun and wind through broken windows. Structures like this one represent the long arc of rural settlement across the Snowy Monaro and Hunter Valley, from the selector's gamble of the 1860s onward to the progressive abandonment that followed. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.