FIGURE1 Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne in (a) 1948 and (b) 2019.
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A town will change over time if the factors inþuencing people’s
FIGURE2 A Tallangatta house being moved to the new town site.
decision-making about living there also change. Decisions might be inþuenced by government plans, changes in the natural environment, employment opportunities and access to resources and other places. The original buildings in Tallangatta, in north-east Victoria, about 40 kilometres from Albury and Wodonga, can be seen only when the water level in Lake Hume
is very low. The current town was moved from its original location in 1956. Houses were lifted onto trucks (with parts of the buildings often falling off during the journey) and moved about eight kilometres (see FIGURE2 ). The original site, in a valley beside the Mitta Mitta River, was þooded when the size of Lake Hume was increased. Town closed In 1917, the town of Cook was built on the dry Nullarbor Plain to service the Indian Paciýc railway. It had a population of 300 people; large enough to support a school, hospital, shops and accommodation for train drivers. Privatisation of the railway in 1997 led to the town’s closure. With no residents, Cook is now a ghost town. 10.11.2
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