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https://malleeroutes.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/MalleeVicTorritaruins.jpg15001006The decaying and empty houses in the dying small towns is one of the most obvious features of the Mallee in South Australia and Victoria, and it is largely the result of the de-population of the inland countryside that started in the late 20th century around the 1970s. An era was coming to a close.