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Laurise Dickson and Keely Johnson for Newcastle-Hunter Catch Up

Nissen huts once lined this Belmont North street. Now there are only 23 left in the Newcastle suburb

Darlene Callen's Nissen hut home once stood to her right. (ABC Newcastle: Keely Johnson)

When driving through the streets of Belmont North in New South Wales' Hunter Valley, you may notice a handful of oddly-shaped tin houses.

Covered in corrugated iron, the pre-fabricated semi-cylindrical buildings look like a half-buried tin can on its side.

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