Hunter Hilltop Colour:N/A The Sheriffs' Office sits inside

The Sheriffs' Office sits inside Western Village's frontier town precinct

the sole surviving Cape Class vessel

a postwar government school that closed with 220 students on the roll

grout blackened and plumbing fittings stripped bare

Ceiling panels hang loose above debris-covered floors

Hunter Hilltop Colour:N/A The Sheriffs' Office sits insideA derelict dwelling sits on an exposed Hunter hilltop, its broken windows open to the valley below. Structures like this represent the furthest reach of rural settlement across New South Wales, built by selectors and graziers and left behind as the land became unworkable. Part of the A Place to Call Home series.