Can you visit a mine in Broken Hill?

You will visit the Miner’s Memorial located at the highest point of the Linde of Lode, gain exclusive access to the Perilya Broken Hill Mine, tour and observe the city’s unique architecture.

What is still mined at Broken Hill?

The Broken Hill mine is one of the largest lead mines in Australia, located in western New South Wales. The mine has ore reserves amounting to 20.9 million tonnes of ore grading 7.4% lead, 9.4% zinc and 61.5 million oz of silver.

When did mining stop in Broken Hill?

28 February 1939
Mining at the BHP mines at Broken Hill ceased 28 February 1939. BHP was not the only mining operation at Broken Hill though, and mining continued at the southern and northern ends of the Line of Lode.

What is wilcannia famous for?

Its great claim to fame was that it was the first brewery which the famous beer entrepreneur Edmund Resch built in Australia. * By the mid-1880s Wilcannia was a booming port with 13 hotels, a population of 3,000, and a local newspaper – the Wilcannia Times.

What famous things have happened in Broken Hill?

Broken Hill is the scene of the only enemy attack on Australian soil in WWI. Only four months before the ANZACs fight the Turks at Gallipoli, a Silverton-bound train is fired on by two men in an ice cream cart flying the Turkish flag.

What Aboriginal country is Broken Hill on?

Australia
The Wilyakali or Wiljaali are an Australian aboriginal tribal group of the Darling River basin in Far West New South Wales, Australia. Their traditional lands centred on the towns of Broken Hill and Silverton and surrounding country.

Why Is Broken Hill called silver city?

Legendary labour town and outback city at the edge of the desert. Broken Hill, or ‘The Silver City’ as it is sometimes called, is a city forged out of a hill that was almost pure silver, lead and zinc.

Should you stop in Wilcannia?

It is not uncommon to hear, in White Cliffs, Cobar or Broken Hill, people declaring that they drove through Wilcannia and did not stop because it looked so dangerous. And it is very common to hear locals advising visitors not to stop in Wilcannia because it is a dangerous town.