Farm ruins near Palmer, South Australia

For a good proportion of the nearly 175 year history of the state of South Australia, agriculture has been predominant. In the last few decades manufacturing and mining have taken over as our leading economic arenas.

Because of this history of settlement on the land in the early days, farms were established in many parts of the state, including many which didn’t last all that long. Travelling in the rural areas of our state reveals many formerly fine homes and farm sheds now in a poor state; most are buildings slowly becoming ruins, mere shadows of the dreams of their optimistic builders.

The buildings shown on this post can be found near the road from Palmer to Tungkillo, east of Adelaide.

Farm ruins near Palmer, South Australia

Rock formations near Palmer, South Australia