was never fully abandoned and is now a popular tourist town. Iron Baron is a former mining town in South Australia. Jay Creek in the Northern Territory was a government settlement for Indigenous Australians in the 1920s and 30s. Joadja is a former mining town in New South Wales that had become abandoned by 1911. Kanowna is a town in Western Australia that flourished during a gold rush in the late 19th century, and declined during the Great Depression. Kiandra is a former gold mining town in New South Wales. Linda is a former mining town in Tasmania. Malcolm is a former gold mining town in Western Australia. Mary Kathleen is a former mining town in Queensland that was deserted after the mine closed down in 1982. Maytown is a former mining town in the Palmer River goldfields of Queensland. Moliagul is a former gold mining town in Victoria; it was here that the world's largest gold nugget, known as the "Welcome Stranger", was discovered in 1869. Mount Britton is a former gold mining town in Queensland. Mount Cuthbert is a former copper mining town in Queensland. Mount Mulligan is a former coal mining town in Queensland that closed down in 1957. Nannine is a former gold mining town in Western Australia. Newnes is a former oil shale mining site in New South Wales. Old Tallangatta, in Victoria, was abandoned when most of the township was moved west due to the enlargement of Lake Hume. The current township of Tallangatta has approximately 1,000 residents. Ophir is a former gold mining town in New South Wales. Ora Banda is a former gold mining town in Western Australia. Paradise is a former gold mining town in Queensland. Whilst not a town, Parramatta Road in Sydney has over 100 abandoned and boarded-up stores on its strip. The most affected suburbs on the road are Concord and Leichhardt, which would feature empty and derelict shops here and there. Pillinger was a port town established in Tasmania to ship ore from the nearby mines. Ravenswood in north-eastern Queensland was a ghost town for many years, due to the declining gold rushes, but new gold discoveries in the area and improved mineral processing technologies have boosted the economy of the area and revived the town. Selwyn in the Shire of Cloncurry, Queensland, is a former copper mining town. Shay Gap in Western Australia's Pilbara region was