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Description: From bizarre parks, to spooky asylums, these are 7 STRANGE Abandoned Places in Australia ! HEY YOU ! There are more awesome videos being made every week, like and subscribe to World Unearthed so you don't miss a beat ! 4.Paronella Park | Queensland Long story short, a Jose Paronella, a fella from Northern Spain, sailed to Australia in search of opportunity for him and his fiancee Matilda. He worked tirelessly for years and eventually established himself as a businessman. When he went back to Spain to pick up his fiancee, it turned out she had already married someone else. Unphased by this news, Jose proposed to Matilda’s little sister, who said yes. They sailed back to Australia and started working on Jose’s dream. Located in the dreamy area of Mena Creek. It was pretty much a privately owned park that was open to the public. Over the years it was passed down through family, slowly but surely disappearing from the public consciousness. And then in 1993, all but forgotten, the park was sold to its current owners Mark and Judy Evans who have tried their best to resurrect this once magical place. 3.St John's Orphanage | Goulburn Otherwise known as the Goulburn Boys Orphanage, this brick building officially opened in 1913, after only a year of construction. It was operated by the Sisters of Mercy and the Catholic Church and it was supposed to have a capacity of 100 children between the ages of 5 and 16, however, during peak periods, the orphanage was taking care of up to 200 children at a time. Originally, as the other name suggests, this orphanage was strictly boys only, but in 1976, the orphanage started taking in girls as well, due to dwindling numbers of male orphans. I’m not exactly sure why or how, but 2 years later the orphanage shut down and was immediately rented out to the Youth With a Mission base, a christian missionary and outreach group. I guess there were no more orphans to be taken care of but plenty of people that weren’t christian. Since the 90s the building has been abandoned, fires have destroyed a lot of it, and hooligans have taken care of the rest. Currently, its owned by a businessman who wants to restore and redevelop the building and the surrounding area. 2.SS Ayrfield | Sydney This isn’t so much a place as it is a ship. A pretty cool looking one at that. It is located in homebush bay Sydney. Once a center of industry, with a ship breaking yard in the center of it all, this area saw massive growth and pollution, at one point contaminating the whole bay with toxic waste. Things slowed down, and the area was not rejuvenated until the 2000 Olympic Games. Nowadays, there aren’t that many signs of this area’s history, except the SS Ayrfield and 3 other abandoned freighters that are slowly rusting away. I guess the real reason this 102 year old ship is in a league of its own is the beautiful flora on it. Just THRIVING. Look at it ! So much green. Oh yeah, it was also used in WW2 to transport supplies to American troops stationed in the pacific region. Before we get to number one I just wanted to say thanks to all of you for sticking around and supporting this channel. I appreciate it a lot ! I will be releasing videos regularly again so GIVE ME YOUR BEST SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW CONTENT IN THE COMMENTS BELOW ! 1.Rozelle Tram Depot | Sydney The Rozelle Tram Depot opened its doors in 1904, helping with storage and operations of the Sydney tram network. It's actually the largest remaining tram depot in Sydney. When it was originally built, the depot had 25 road car sheds that housed 96 carriages. This number jumped to 125 by 1907, and by 1918 it was up to 200. Needless to say, there was a lot of expansion happening here. Just as quickly as it grew, the depot ceased operations in 1958 upon the closure of the Glebe tram line, which is the line it serviced. Since the 60s, the depot has changed owners many times but it wasn’t till 2004 when this place became officially abandoned. In 2012, Mirvac, an Australian property development company, bought the place, and as they say, the rest is history. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tram_rozell_depot.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_trams_vandalised_and_forgotten.JPG