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The Barrier Ranges. Near Broken Hill. One of 12 large stone sculptures in the Living Desert Sculpture Park. The sculpture park was created in 1992.
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The Barrier Ranges. The mining city of Broken Hill seen from a hill top in the Living Desert Sculpture Park.
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Broken Hill. The Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes. Sacred Heart Cathedral opened in 1905.Construction began in 1903. .
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History signs at Broken Hill
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Broken Hill. LIne of Lode. The silver lead and zinc mines began here in 1885. This is the millenium memorial to the 800 miners and mine workers who lost their lives in the mines between 1885 and 2000.
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Broken Hill/Statues
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Broken Hill at night. The Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes. Sacred Heart Cathedral consecrated in 1905. The Cathedral at night.
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Silverton. Umberumberka Reservoir. One o fthe water suppplies for the city of Broken Hill nearby. Compelted in 1915.
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Broken Hill at night. The Trades Hall. Built 1905 to replace an earlier 1898 building. Erected on land donated by the government of NSW.
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waiting
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Broken Hill Sculpture Park
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Broken Hill thistle
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junction mine
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Broken Hill Pano
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Broken Hill. Stained glass in the former Wesleyan Methodist Chuch now the Uniting Church. Church was built in 1888. The stained glass is a memorial to the soldiers of the church who served in World War One.
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Broken Hill. In Argent Street the impressive Town Hall. Foundation stone laid 1890 by Sir Henry Parkes Premier of NSW. Opened in 1891.
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Broken Hill. The Federation Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts style former School of Mines and Technical College. Built in 1900. Now a TAFE College. Walter Liberty Vernon one of the architects.
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Broken Hill. St Andrews Presbyterian Church built in 1905. Now a residence. became a Uniting Church in 1977. (1)
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Broken Hill. Soldiers’ War Memorial by the Courthouse. The statue of a soldier with a grenade was unveiled in 1925.Sculpture by C. Gilbert.
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Port Pirie landscape. Samphire flats, the Indian Pacific railway line, the Nyrstar smelter chimney and the smelting works.
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1239l Sturts Desert Pea, Broken Hill
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Broken Hill. Replica of the ice cream cart used by Muslim Pakistani cameleer Gool Mahomed. He attacked and killed picnickers 1 Jan 1915. He was killed here after the killing of several picnickers.
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Broken Hill High School. Built in stone with half hipped gables in 1919.
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Broken Hill
by Ben Dickson (dbr)

junction mine
by robynejay

Broken Hill Catholic Convent on the hill next to the Cathedral. Built 1891. New South Wales.
by denisbin

Broken Hill mines. This shaft named the Delprat shaft was sunk by Broken Hill Proprietry in 1900. It closed in 1976 and became a tourist mine experience in 1977.
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Broken Hill. Main entrance to Broken Hill High School . Built in stone and opened in 1919.
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Broken Hill city scape. The red brick 1891 Post Office on the corner of Argent and Chlordie Streets. Beyond it is the fine Town Hall opened also in 1891.
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Broken Hill thistle
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Broken Hill
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Broken Hill. Mural and mirror in the corridor of the Palace Hotel. This grand old hotel was built in 1889.
by denisbin

Edge of Town
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Broken Hill. Part of the interior and nave of the Catholic Cathedral. It was built from 1903 to 1905.
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Broken Hill Town Hall built 1890. Old and new towers in historic Broken Hill New South Wales
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Broken Hill. Staircase and murals in the Palace Hotel. This three storey hotel was built in 1889.
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Freight trains at Broken Hill
by smjbk

Silverton near Broken Hill. Umberumberka Creek. A typical desert wadi creek near the ghost town's expansive cemetery. Silverton founded in 1883 two years before Broken Hill silver mines.
by denisbin

Broken Hill. Information board at the site of the 1915 murderous attack on picnickers on a train to Silverton. The culprits were Afghan sympathisers with Turkey and the Ottoman Empire.
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Broken Hill. The railway carriage in which several picnickers travelling to Silverton were killed 1 Janaury 1915. The attackers were Muslim Afghans who supported Turky's jihad against the Britsh in WW1.
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Broken Hill. A decorative panel on the 1890 built Town Hall. Foundation stone by Sir Henry Parkes. Griffen to deter evil spirits which could result in aldermen making bad decisions.
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Silverton. Ann Brady's headstone half buried in red sand. She was interred here in 1894. Silverton is now a ghost town but was an important silver mining town in the 1880s and 1890s.
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Silverton ghost town. Old railway to Broken Hill. Ran 1887 to 1969. This is the ticket office, well and railway station .
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Broken Hill. Facade of the Jewish Synagogue. Opened in 1911 and closed in 1962. Now a museum.
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Broken hill. The three storey stairwell in the Palace Hotel. It was built in 1889. Recently it was used in the film Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
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Broken Hill. Replica of the ice cream cart used by Pakistani cameleers Gool Mahomed and Mulla Abdulla. They attacked and killed picnickers 1 Jan 1915. They were killed here after the killing of several picnickers.
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Broken Hill. The Barrier Daily Newspaper Building. The paper started 1908 but the building is earlier. The unionist newspaper the Barrier Truth was established in 1898 and moved to this building a few years later
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Silverton. This old silver mining town is now a ghost town. But it has a Mad Max 2 Museum as much of the film was filmed near here and Broken Hill.
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Broken Hill. The 1889 built Courthouse designed by the Colonial Architect James Barnet. Stuccoed brick with NSW state emblem and triangular pediment
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Broken Hill. Stained glass windows in the 1905 built Catholic Cathedral.
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Broken Hill. Behind the Bishop's House is the first 1887 iron and stone Gothic style Catholic church which is an unsual combination of materials. Now used as a hall. Best seen from Mica Street.
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Broken Hill. The galvanised iron Gohic style Picton Methodist church erected around 1890. Moved to this Kaolin St site 1911. Closed some time after it became a Uniting Church in 1977. Recently sold.
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Silverton. Ghost town near Broken Hill. The old gaol built in 1889 when the town was booming with its silver mining. It is now a local museum.
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Ready for a road trip.
by Peter_Mackey

Broken Hill. Stained glass windows in St Peters Anglican Church
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Broken Hill. The impresive stone work of the corner tower on the Town Hall. Opened in 1891.
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junction mine
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Broken Hill. The galvanised iron Picton Methodist church erected here around 1890. Moved to this Kaolin St site 1911. Closed some time after it became a Uniting Church in 1977. Old church hall next door.
by denisbin

North Broken Hill. The Catholic Church of St Peter and Saint Paul. Built in 1929. A Catholic School was linked to the church. School closed. Church still has services.
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rhodonite, galena
by géry60