Abandoned NSW school with dark past left in ruins as vandals take over
Once the site of a violent murder, the old SCEGGS school in Moss Vale has been lying abandoned and disused for half a century.
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Once the site of a violent murder, the old SCEGGS school in Moss Vale has been lying abandoned and disused for half a century.
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