Abandoned Victoria

Shane Thoms

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Australia Through Time
01 November 2025

Art & Architecture; Photography & photographs; Photographs: collections; Photographic reportage; Architecture

From collapsing rural homesteads to derelict inner city industrial sites, Abandoned Victoria takes the reader on a compelling journey through the remnants scattered across a state in the midst of rapid transformation. In a landscape where a surging population collides with a critical housing shortage, these long-forgotten places carry a quiet, almost unsettling irony—standing empty while demand grows all around them. Captured in shadowy tones that echo Victoria’s moody skies, each photograph invites you to pause and absorb the stillness, to witness the quiet poetry of abandonment. These visuals speak not only of place, but of the lives once lived within—a meditation on time, memory and the traces left in the dust trail as Victoria surges forward at full speed. For urban explorers, history enthusiasts and those drawn to the stark beauty of decay, Abandoned Victoria is a haunting tribute to the hidden spaces that continue to linger at the edges of progress.

By: Shane Thoms
Imprint: Australia Through Time
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9781923350069
ISBN 10: 1923350064
Pages: 108
Publication Date: 01 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shane Thoms is a photographer and photojournalist based in Melbourne, Australia. Educated in fine art photography and design via Monash University, Charles Sturt University and the Australian Academy of Design, his work explores the discarded urban space from a cross-cultural perspective. He has visually documented a number of exclusion zones including Chernobyl, Fukushima and Plymouth. His books include Abandoned South Australia and Abandoned New South Wales.

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