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Town in New South Wales, Australia
Broken Hill is an inland mining town in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. It is near the border with South Australia on the crossing of the Barrier Highway (A32) and the Silver City Highway (B79), the Barrier Range. It is 315 m (1,033 feet) above sea level, with a hot desert climate, and an average rainfall of 235 mm (9 inches). The nearest major city is Adelaide, capital of South Australia, which is more than 500 km (311 mi) to the southwest and is linked by road A32. The city is prominent in the Australian mining, industrial relations and economic history after the discovery of silver ore led to the opening of various mines, thus establishing Broken Hill recognition as a booming mining town well into the 1990s. Despite experiencing a declining economic situation in the late 1990s and 2000s, was Broken Hill itself listed on the National Heritage List in 2015 and remains Australia's longest running mining town. Broken Hill, historically considered one of Australia's boom towns have been called "The Silver City", and less often as the "Oasis of the West" and the "Capital of the Outback". Also, over 1,100 kilometers (680 mi) west of Sydney and surrounded by semi-desert, the city has prominent park and garden displays and offers a number of attractions, such as the Living Desert sculptures. The city has a large potential for solar energy, given its extensive daylight hours of sunshine. The Broken Hill Solar Plant, which was completed in 2015, is one of the largest in the southern hemisphere. .... Learn more at Wikipedia
The city's isolation was a problem until Adelaide narrow gauge railway link was completed in 1888. Since the New South Wales government would not allow the South Australian government to build a railway across the border, the last 31 kilometers (19 miles) was built by a private company Silverton Tramway. The line was so because it was supposed to serve the mining town of Silverton, but when the railway reached the town was already overshadowed by newer and larger mine in Broken Hill. The main purpose of the railway was to transport concentrates and ores from the mines to the smelter and port facilities on the coast of Port Pirie, South Australia. As backload to Broken Hill the transported goods, particularly coal boiler at mines and timber for timber sets used in underground mining. Silverton Tramway Company was the most profitable railway company on the Australia Stock Exchange. The main siding and locomotive service facilities were in Railway Town, a suburb of Broken Hill, with siding running to the south and north to serve the mines. The main passenger station was on Sulphide Street. From the late 1890s, a campaign Broken Hill Council for a tramway to provide public transport around the city and to the mines. Eventually, the NSW Government decided to build a tramway, which opened March 19, 1902. It was run by steam trams transferred from Sydney to sea and then by train across South Australia. It was a remarkable operation after the First World War, more and more bad losses until the New South Wales government closed system in December 1926.Another curiosity was Tarrawingee tramway that was a narrow gauge railway that ran north from Broken Hill, about 40 miles (64 km) to the area deposit of limestone quarried and transported to Broken Hill for use in smelters at mines. The tramway was opened in 1891 but closed in 1898 as smelters moved to Port Pirie. In 1889 the Works Committee of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Public recommended that the government take over the line and it later became a narrow gauge part of the New South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) is operated under contract by the Silverton Tramway Company. It was an excursion train in Silverton trams were fired on by two Afghan immigrants in 1915 (see the Battle of Broken Hill). In 1919 was a 1435 mm (4 feet 8 1/2 in) standard gauge railway connection Broken Hill Menindee opened to transport water from Darling River Broken Hill. It was built as the first step in a planned direct route to Sydney. Terminus for the train was on Crystal Street station, away from the Silverton Tramway Company Sulphide Street station. Railway mainly hauled water from Darling River. The rolling stock everything has to be transported by sea to South Australia and the railway was supervised by the director of Broken Hill Government Tramways. In November 1927 direct link to Sydney ended. In September 1937 NSWGR put into use in Silver City Comet, the first air-conditioned train in Australia, which ran between Broken Hill and Parkes. During World War II, land transportation between South Australia and eastern Australia became important because of the threat from submarines and mines to coastal shipping. Extensive transhipment centers were constructed at Broken Hill in 1942 to allow reloading of ammunition. However, the threat never full. With the purchase of the sulphide Corporation Zinc Corporation in 1948, was the modern Cockle Creek Smelter constructed south of Newcastle. This began to take the lead and zinc concentrate directly from Broken Hill by rail in 1960, marking the first major use of the rail link to NSW. This was the famous W44 concentrate Train. In 1970, the 1067mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge railway from Port Pirie to Broken Hill was replaced by a 1435 mm (4 feet 8 1/2 inch) gauge line, most of the side of narrow gauge line. The completed standard trans-gauge line from Sydney to Perth. Broken Hill railway station is one of the stops of the Indian Pacific passenger service, powered by Beyond the trip from Sydney to Perth via Adelaide. The weekly NSW TrainLink Outback Xplorer service was introduced in 1996; it arrives from Sydney on Mondays at 19:10, departing Broken Hill on Tuesdays at 7:45 to return to Sydney. NSW TrainLink also operates a daily coach service route, departing Broken Hill Tourist Information Center at 15:45, connecting to Dubbo with Central West XPT to Sydney. The return journey will daily at 22:45. On June 24, 2019 introduced the NSW TrainLink a twice weekly coach service to Adelaide.Regional Express operates air traffic from Broken Hill Airport to and from Adelaide, Dubbo, Griffith, Melbourne via Mildura and Sydney. Silver City Scenic Flights providing local scenic flights over the city, the more air safaris to various destinations in outback Australia and also private air charter services from Broken Hill Airport. Local public transport is provided by the CDC Broken Hill, operating four urban bus services from Monday to Saturday. The city is also serviced by two urban taxi companies.
| Name | Broken Hill |
|---|---|
| Long Name | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia |
| Region | New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Map | Open Map |
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