摘要
澳大利亚内陆地区，一座普通的黄金矿工房屋里，破烂的蕾丝窗帘依然映衬着窗外的荒漠景象。在半个多世纪的岁月里，这座富饶的金矿以在世界另一端的故乡威尔士的一座小镇命名，有着一个浪漫的名字--“瓜利亚之子”。钻工和矿工曾一度大量涌入这个偏远的地方，但他们的离去也同样迅速--1963年的新年前夜，这座金矿突然关闭。矿工们离开时只带着手提箱，里面除了必需品，其他都被抛诸身后，留下一座鬼城。很快，内陆严苛的自然环境就重新占领了这片土地，但时至今日，有关瓜利亚的记忆和影子依然存在。
Tattered lace curtains still frame the desert view from a gold miner’s humble home in the Australian Outback. For over half a century, the rich Australian goldmine romantically named ‘Sons of Gwalia’ after a hometown in Wales half a world away, drillers and miners had flocked to this far-off site. They fled just as rapidly when the mine was abruptly closed on New Year’s Eve in 1963. With only suitcases in hand, the miners abandoned all but the essentials, leaving a ghost town behind. The bitter Outback elements soon reclaimed the land, but even today, memories and shadows of Gwalia endure.
出处
《建筑遗产》
2018年第3期39-56,共18页
Heritage Architecture
