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Kimberley military base, hospital and cinema among old dreams abandoned to the bush

Decaying 17 Mile Dam structure at Camballin on Uralla Creek. (ABC Kimberley: Vanessa Mills)

In 1950s Australia, anything seemed possible in the outback — provided you could throw enough concrete and steel at it.

A hospital in the desert 2,000 kilometres north of Perth? Let's build one.

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