Leftovers examines a small rural town in the Darling Downs, where most of the residents have moved on after selling their houses to a mining company. Although the land was marked for excavation, the mine is no longer going ahead, leaving remnants of these homes scattered throughout the town.

The series looks at the traces left behind after a period of human presence; featuring images captured by myself of the various buildings still standing ad scans from the negatives and notes abandoned by one of the families that lived there. In the works are clues to the lives of people who were once in town’s inhabitants, creating a narrative for these homes and the community as a whole, as well as providing a documentation of the dilapidation of man-made structures when this community no longer remains.