With its eerie empty streets, dark history, colonial architecture and stunning seaside location, remote Cossack is an offbeat but rewarding tourist attraction.
And now, this entire Western Australia ghost town could soon be on the market.
Located 1,300 kilometers north of Perth, Cossack was abandoned 70 years ago. Yet it remains lined by well-maintained, historic buildings.
The birthplace of Australia’s pearling industry, it was dissolved in 1910 when a new port was opened to its north, then vacated in 1950.
Today it’s inhabited only by a caretaker tasked with keeping the town neat and tidy — and waving to the occasional tourist.

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