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Broken Hill

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Beyond the Darling River on the edge of sundown…
Welcome
G’day...Welcome to Broken Hill and the inspirational outback. The vibrant earthy
colours and magical light of this landscape have drawn film-makers and artists here to
capture its special quality.
It packs a powerful emotional punch, this dark red soil contrasting with clear blue skies
where the wedge-tailed eagle soars, appealing to something deep in our human souls.
There’s definitely a spiritual element in this country, as our Aboriginal ancestors knew.
At sunset, when the wide horizon glows red and orange, we are lost for words.
The distances are huge and the big red kangaroos can cover two hundred kilometres in
a night chasing a thunderstorm. And yet there’s a smaller scale - the petals of a Sturt’s
Desert Pea, the eyes of a lizard, ancient rock etchings.
The city of Broken Hill is graphic testimony to the struggles of the mining pioneers. The
‘tower mullocks’ and headframes silhouetted at sunset tell the story of a treasure beyond
the wildest dreams, a treasure that filled the coffers of a young nation.
The explorers were on their way to the inland sea in the 1840s and the graziers were
already here. The Darling River was home to the paddle-steamers and indigenous
Australians looked on … they had been here for thousands of years.
...The Hill that changed a Nation
Broken Hill Sunset
Cover Artwork
Title: “Our City, Our
Mining 1883 – 2008.”
Mineral Art
The Artist: Kevin
‘Bushy’ White was
born in Broken Hill in
1943. After a number
of jobs in the bush
Bushy started work
as a miner. After 26
years he was retrenched
at the young age of 49.
In 1971 Bushy realised his artistic dream and
created his fi rst mineral art work “Cats on a
Cushion”. He has since created over 600 works with
various themes including pubs, churches, mining
and the all important history of Broken Hill. His
inspiration comes from growing up and working
in a mining community, his mates and the sadness
of those who died in the mines. He is intrigued by
Where are we?
the variety of minerals and their natural colours
which he uses in creating his mineral art.
Bushy has converted a good part of his home
into a walk in mining museum where people
can get a taste of being underground while
being given a comprehensive history of Broken
Hill. The theme for the museum is “Going
underground without going under”.
Bushy is heavily involved in the community,
he has donated a number of his works to
community support organisations.
Broken Hill
Artwork: The cover expresses Bushy’s
sense of community through the Council
logo; his interest in the history of mining
in Broken Hill and where Broken Hill
would be without the Union movement.
The ‘badges’ represent each of the 3 shifts worked
by miners - red being day shift, blue being
afternoon shift and yellow being night shift.
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Broken Hill Visitor Information Centre
We’re here to help...
Find us just off Argent Street, Broken
Come in and say g’day. The Broken Hill
Hill’s main street, on the corner of Blende
Visitor Information Centre is set up to
& Bromide Streets.
assist travellers with information and
We’re open 8.30am to 5pm - everyday
(except Christmas Day)
practical help. There’s a gift shop, 15minute orientation DVD or an extended
version (also available for purchase) and
Contact details
even showers and public toilets (disabled
Phone 61 (8) 8080 3560
access, small fee for shower). Ample
Back Row: Summa Gobell, Crystal White,
Dinitee Haskard, Karen Defranceschi,
Fiona Ellis
Fax
parking and larger vehicles can park
61 (8) 8080 3578
E-mail [email protected]
opposite the Centre. For coach travellers,
Website www.visitbrokenhill.com.au
there is a parking bay and bus wash - small
Front Row: Rae Dellar, Corey Spiteri,
Patrick Kreitner, Yvonne Stewart
Address PO Box 448
fee applies.
Absent: Sean Fargher, Fiona Clarke
For on-line bookings and more
our 24hr datatrax screen is located at the
information:
Broken Hill Visitor Information Centre’s
www.visitbrokenhill.com.au
main entrance.
Broken Hill NSW 2880
If you are arriving out of business hours,
Silverton Visitor Information Centre (Beyond 39 Dips)
Phone/Fax (08) 8088 7566
E-mail: [email protected]
Acknowledgments:
Broken Hill City Council wishes to thank the Management, Visitor Information
Centre Staff and Members for the production of this brochure. The brochure
would not be possible without the advertisers. Please support them.
Broken Hill City Council
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Ph: (08) 8080 3564
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Web: www.visitbrokenhill.com.au
Photography Courtesy of
Broken Hill City Council • Broken Hill Visitor Information Centre
Tourism New South Wales • Barrier Miner Design
Adam Edwards • Roger Ralph
Tibooburra Village Committee Inc. • Tanya McDonald • Ruth Sandow
Wincen Cuy • National Parks & Wildlife Services • Photographic Recollections
Photographs subject to copyright.
CONTENTS
Attractions
Art
Accommodation
Dining
Services
Tours & Travel
Contents
Welcome.............................................1
Broken Hill Visitors Information Centre
Regional
What to see and do ................. 4-5
Calendar of events ......................5
We have the answers...
Broken Hill
History ................................. 6-10
Our friendly staff can arrange or supply
information about accommodation, tour
bookings or tour operators. We’ll also set
you up with all the information you need
for your outback adventures. For coach
operators, we have a coach and group
booking service and a coach/group
touring manual.
Attractions & Tours .............11-19
Outback Art Adventure....... 20-25
Accommodation ................ 26-34
Dining ................................ 35-38
Services ............................. 39-40
Regional Tours & Travel ............ 41-42
National Parks
We also offer a public relations service that
includes journalist, trade and travel agent
familiarisation, Broken Hill Convention
Events liaison services and Film Broken
Hill liaison.
Aboriginal Heritage ..................43
National Parks .................... 44-47
Lions Park
Outer Regions
Silverton ............................. 48-50
The Broken Hill Visitor Information Centre is affiliated with:
Corner Country ................... 51-53
Outlying Townships ........... 54-57
Menindee Region ............... 58-61
Wentworth Region .............. 62-63
South Australia /Cobar .............64
Events & Directories
Disclaimer:
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Council do not accept any liability to any person
claiming they have been misled or deceived by any
material published herein.
Conferences ..............................65
Directory............................. 66-67
Travel and Itineraries
Things to know ................... 68-69
Itineraries ..................................70
Services & Facilities.................71
Maps ................................... 72-74
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What to see and do
AN ANCIENT LAND
ADVENTURE
•
Aboriginal Dreaming stories
•
Tag-along 4WD tours
•
The toil and hardship of miners
•
Lively pub culture
•
The routes of the explorers
•
Eavesdrop on lessons at
•
Mutawintji, ancient meeting place
•
Mungo National Park, one of
the world’s most important
archaeological sites.
NATURAL WONDERS
Sunset at the Sculpture Symposium
Broken Hill is a major
service centre for the
region, with city facilities
and services, attractions,
accommodation,
entertainment and
events all listed in the
following pages.
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the School of the Air
•
Picnic with a giant ant
•
Pay a flying visit to the Royal
Flying Doctor Base
•
Get within spitting distance of a camel
•
Miraculous sunsets
•
Mobs of red kangaroos
A MINER’S LIFE
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Opal, gold, silver and crystals
•
•
Bird song and the kookaburra’s laugh
•
Tapestry of wildflowers after rain
•
Walk in the footsteps of miners
•
Big sky and space to breathe
•
Make a ghost town your latest haunt
•
Star gaze
•
Pay your respects at the iconic
OUTBACK IMAGES
Take a mine tour wearing
hard hat and headlamp
Line of Lode Memorial
•
Stand at the site of Junction Mine
•
Hear of Broken Hill
•
Locals, larrikins and film stars
•
Luminous landscapes
•
Ghost town
•
Aboriginal rock carvings
•
Visit the ‘Memorial to the Mullockers’
•
Giant sculptures at the Living Desert
•
Walk the Legends and Larrikins
•
legends and larrikins
Reserve (flora and fauna park)
trail (brochure available) or take a
Grand heritage buildings
walk with the Walk Tour Guides
REGION
Calendar Of Events 2008 / 09
EVENTS FOR 2008
SEPTEMBER
6
Broken Hill Football
League Grand Final
7
Broken Hill Field &
Game Association Inc.
7
Father’s Day Rock n
Roll in Patton Park
11-14
Motorcycle Show
13
Conservation Centre Open Day
FEBRUARY
27
St. Patrick’s Fashion Parade
MARCH
2
Sculptures Symposium
WHAT TIME IS IT ?
Broken Hill
3
Mountain Bike Ride
7
St. Patrick’s Calcutta
and Games Night
See Accommodation on pages 26 to 34
HOW TO GET THERE ?
BY ROAD
13-14
Ghost Town Rally
14
Family Train 10th Anniversary
Kintore Reserve
8
St. Patrick’s Race Meeting
9
Silverton St. Pats Recovery Day
9
St Pat’s Irish Picnic
in Patton Park
OCTOBER
2
Menopause the Musical
15-16
Silver City Recreational Aircraft
Club Inc. Annual Fly-in.
4-5
Tibooburra Sports Club
Rodeo & Gymkhana
16-23
Campervan and
Motor Home Rally
5-7
125th Anniversary
of the Line of Lode
22-23
Indoor Carpet Bowls Carnival
7
22-24
Bushman’s Rally. A gathering of
classic and vintage vehicle.
Fathers Day Rock n
Roll in Patton Park
11-12
Broken Hill Field &
APRIL
11
Red Desert - LIVE! 2008
6
25
Silver City Cup
25-28
LGSA Conference
Central Standard Time.
WHERE TO STAY ?
Broken Hill Field &
25
Broken Hill Field &
Show ‘n’ Shine – display of
vintage, classic, street and
customized vehicles and bikes.
NOVEMBER
White Cliffs
Gymkhana & Rodeo
2
MAY
DECEMBER
From Sydney (1,167km) Barrier Highway
2-3
Broken Hill Field &
From Adelaide (508km) Barrier Highway
Agfair 2008 –
Agricultural Field Days
7
4
Broken Hill Field &
31
New Years Eve Mini
Rodeo & Bikekhana
10
2008 Yunta Picnic
Races & Gymkhana
16-25
ARB Warn Outback
4x4 Challenge
From Mildura, Victoria (296km) Silver City Highway
BY TRAIN
Great Southern Railways - Indian Pacific, a classic
Australian train journey
26-27
Broken Hill Field &
CONFIRMED
EVENTS FOR 2009
From Adelaide (6.5hrs)
From Sydney (16.5hrs)
Also Country Link services
From Sydney (13hrs)
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Broken Hill Field &
27
St. Patrick’s Calcutta
& Games Night
6-8
Silverado Shootout.
The competitors dress in the
era of cowboys and cowgirls
and have shootouts at
competitions level.
28
St. Patrick’s Race Meeting
BY AIR
From Adelaide and Sydney
BY COACH
MARCH
JUNE
7-8
Australian Rope Quoits
Singles Championships
From Mildura and Adelaide
4WD is suggested for venturing
into more remote areas
WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE ?
Refer to page 69
WHERE TO EAT ?
See Dining on pages 35 to 38
APRIL
25
MAY
3-7
Country Women’s Association
of NSW Conference
11-15
Australia V New Zealand
Indoor Bias Bowls Test
JULY
5
Tibooburra Festival
6
Broken Hill Field &
Show ‘n’ Shine
JUNE
AUGUST
2
The Australian Ballet presents
The Dancers Company
3
Broken Hill Field &
9
Louth Races. Horse
Race Meeting.
5-7
Silverado Shootout
For a detailed Calendar of Events please
refer to www.visitbrokenhill.com.au or
contact the friendly staff of the Broken
Hill Visitor Information Centre and they
will post or email a Calendar to you.
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Broken Hill History
Trials And Triumphs
For 40,000 years - or more - Aboriginal
people lived in these parts.
The Wiljakali Aboriginal people
lived in the saltbush and mulga
country around the Barrier Ranges
where Broken Hill now stands.
The first European to discover the
Broken Hill region, in 1841, 28 years
after the first crossing of the Blue
Mountains, was Sir Thomas Mitchell,
the New South Wales Surveyor-General.
Three years later, in 1844, Charles
Sturt saw the Barrier Ranges. Sturt,
who was trying to find an inland sea,
Junction Mine Headframe
referred to a ‘Broken Hill’ in his diary.
During their trek of 1860-61 Burke
28 years after the first
crossing of the Blue
Mountains, the first
European to discover the
Broken Hill region was
Sir Thomas Mitchell, the
NSW Surveyor-General,
in 1841.
and Wills passed through the area.
They formed a base camp at Menindee
to the southeast and stopped at
Mutawintji to the northeast.
By the 1870s many of these small stations
proved to be non-viable. They were bought
up by pastoral entrepreneurs, notably Sir
Sydney Kidman, the famous ‘cattle king’.
Miners also took an interest and in the
mid-1860s the gold prospectors from
Ballarat turned up. Gold was discovered
at Tibooburra and Milparinka to the
north and silver at Thackaringa to the
west. But it wasn’t until the 1880s that
anyone hit real paydirt: an ore body
destined to become the largest and
richest of its kind in the world; a silver,
lead and zinc lode yielding minerals
worth more than $1.5 billion.
While patrolling the Mount Gipps station
fences one day in 1883, a boundary rider,
Pastoralists followed in the wake
of Mitchell and Sturt in the 1850s,
moving further west in the 1860s.
By the 1860s the Aboriginal people’s
traditional nomadic hunter/gatherer
way of life ended abruptly. Herds of
sheep ravaged the ancient hunting
grounds. Water sources were fenced off.
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The people were decimated by disease and
those who survived had to take up jobs
on sheep stations - the men as stockmen
and the women in the homesteads.
Police Station
BROKEN HILL
Fog on the North Mine
a good name for the boom town but,
Broken Hill, after the rugged rocky
summit, had more staying power. Before
long Broken Hill had another name:
of men were killed in the mines.
The early part of the 20th century was
full of industrial unrest that led to the
formation of a strong union movement.
‘The Silver City’.
Broken Hill’s Barrier Industrial Council,
In the early years there were few
an affiliation of 18 unions, was formed in
permanent buildings. Some wood and
1923 and succeeded both in improving
corrugated iron buildings (called ‘tinnies’)
working conditions and settling disputes.
Charles Rasp, found what he thought
were deposits of tin at the ‘Broken
Hill’. Rasp was curious so he had some
samples sent to Adelaide for assaying.
The results showed good quantities of
lead and zinc with traces of silver.
were brought over in one piece from
In the early days, Broken Hill was plagued
the thriving township of Silverton. By
by dust storms. Today the encroaching
1888, Argent Street, running parallel
sand is kept at bay by a green reserve that
with the line of the ore-loaded hill, had
surrounds the town - the brainchild of
become the town’s commercial focus.
local naturalist Albert Morris in 1936. The
Many of the town’s streets are named
water supply problem was solved in 1952
Rasp wasted no time: a syndicate of seven
was set up to buy the surrounding land
and prevent a rush from other miners. In
January 1884 they hit a rich vein of silver.
The ore body was a continuous arch 7.5km
long and 250m wide. He and six other
workers on Mount Gipps station pegged
out a claim covering 10 blocks. Mining
started in 1885 and within six months the
syndicate struck more rich veins of silver.
after the metals and minerals in the
by a 109 km pipeline that deliverd water
mine. By this time camels and their
to Broken Hill from the Menindee Lakes.
Soon after mining commenced a township
was surveyed. It grew almost overnight,
mushrooming to a population of 20,000
within eight years. Some thought the
Aboriginal word Willyama would make
Argent Street. Mining was the town’s
Court House
‘Afghan’ drivers had been brought in to
help with the water shortage problems.
For the 21st century Broken Hill
moves from a total reliance on the
The 1890s were a time of civic building
extractive industry to a new focus on
- the Police Station and Courthouse,
creative and leisure enterprises.
Town Hall and Post Office. By the
turn of the century the population had
soared to 27,000; the town boasted 60
licensed hotels, nearly half of them on
main industry and obsession but, for
the miners, conditions were poor. They
suffered from dysentery, typhoid, lead-
Junction Mine
poisoning, lung diseases - and hundreds
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Broken Hill History
125th Anniversary of Broken Hill in 2008
CHARLES RASP
thousands of ounces to the ton.
Born in Saxony in 1846, Charles Rasp,
the man who discovered Broken Hill’s
Line of Lode, was born Hieronymous
Salvator Lopez von Pereira.
When the syndicate realised what
they were dealing with they decided
to form a public company they called
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company
Limited with a capital of 16,000 shares
at 20 pounds each. By the end of that
year the mine had produced 3,000
tons of ore valued at 42,866 pounds.
Young ‘Jerome’, as Rasp was then known,
received an education in economics in the
Baltic States. He worked at a chemical
manufacturing plant in Hamburg before
joining the army. While fighting in the
Franco-Prussian War, he abandoned
the army and set off for Australia.
Block 10 c.1900
By 1876 he was living in the colony of
Victoria working on pastoral properties
before moving up the Darling River
where he worked as a boundary rider
on Mount Gipps sheep station near
the NSW/South Australia border.
Rasp often rode to a rocky outcrop,
in the place known locally as the
‘Broken Hill’. Although no geologist,
he carried a copy of the ‘Prospector’s
Guide’ and studied the conditions
around silver mines in the district.
On 5 September 1883 Rasp and two
dam-sinkers, David James and James
Poole, pegged out and registered a mineral
lease at the ‘Broken Hill’. Rasp believed
the outcrop contained tin oxide but assay
samples revealed traces of silver and lead.
The trio reported their action to station
manager George McCulloch, who
suggested a mining syndicate bringing
in four others - himself, George Lind,
the storekeeper and bookkeeper, and
Philip Charley, a station hand.
By October 1884 a shaft had been
sunk and by early 1885 the contractors
had struck silver chloride assaying at
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On 22 May 1907 Rasp died of a heart
attack, aged 60. His estate was officially
valued at only 48,000 pounds; it seems
his wife Agnes held much of his wealth.
After her period of mourning the widow
went to live in Europe, and led a rather
bizarre life as a social climber, seeking to
become part of German high society.
THE CHANCE OF
A LIFETIME
When boundary rider Charles Rasp told
his boss at remote Mount Gipps sheep
station that he wanted to quit, station
manager George McCulloch wasn’t
keen. Rasp planned to prospect for tin at
his new 40 acre claim at Broken Hill.
McCulloch didn’t like the idea
of prospectors roaming about the
property. So the gruff Scot suggested
a syndicate of seven station employees
be formed to develop the first
claim and peg out six more.
Below the rugged outcrop was one of
the most valuable mineral deposits in
the world and the chance for wealth
beyond their wildest dreams.
The value of each of their shares today
would be more than a billion dollars.
BROKEN HILL
Sunset at the pinnacles
GEORGE MCCULLOCH
The canny Scot held on to his share,
became rich and retired to London to
become a major patron of British art.
JAMES POOLE
• Guarding the Gold
A sad story - the bullocky sold half
his interest to Sydney Kidman for 10
poor bullocks worth 40 pounds and
the remaining half for 4,500 pounds.
At the height of World War II there were
very real fears that Australia would be
invaded by Japan. The Commonwealth
Bank held most of Australia’s gold in their
strongrooms and in 1941 they decided
that the safest place in Australia to house
all the gold was Broken Hill. The Broken
Hill gaol was chosen as the site. The first
gold transfer took place in 1942 on a train
guarded by military and bank guards, none
of whom knew what their cargo was. More
consignments were transferred under
escort in 1943 and 1944. In April 1945,
the threat to Australia’s coastal cities was
over and all the gold was transferred back.
Again a special train was used guarded by
over 130 bank and military personnel.
CHARLES RASP
Charles Rasp (Standing)
George McCulloch (Seated)
Unfortunately, for some, fame
and fortune did not follow...
PHILIP CHARLEY
The 18 year old jackeroo sold
half his interest for 100 pounds.
Luckily, the remaining interest was
still enough to make him rich.
DAVID JAMES
The dam-sinking contractor held
on to his share long enough to
become rich. His mare, Auraria,
won the 1895 Melbourne Cup.
GEORGE LIND
Bookkeeper and storekeeper at
Mount Gipps station sold his
original share at no great profit, if
any, and vanished into nowhere.
the shooting (Map B Ref B4) There
is also a replica of the ice cream cart
at the White Rocks reserve, at the
northern end of town, scene of the
last shoot out. (Map B Ref N1)
With the proceeds of his new-found
wealth he and his wife travelled.
Charles died in 1907 aged 60.
GEORGE URQUHART
The sheep overseer for Mount Gipps
station sold his share. He died in 1915
and was buried in Broken Hill.
UNIQUE STORIES
• Only Deaths on Australian
Soil in World War 1
On 1st January, 1915, only four months
before the Anzacs fought the Turks at
Gallipoli, a trainload of Oddfellows on
their way to a picnic at Silverton were
fired upon by two Turkish sympathisers.
Three picnickers died and another
six were wounded, some of them
badly. The two gunmen were locals of
Indian/Afghan origin, a Broken Hill
butcher and an ice cream vendor. After
a lengthy battle at the White Rocks
both men were killed by police.
• Richest Deposit in the World
The Line of Lode in Broken Hill is
the richest deposit of silver, lead and
zinc in the world. The ore body, shaped
like a coat hanger is 7.5 kms long
and 250m wide. Over $100 billion in
wealth has been generated from this
Mt Gipps Station Employees 1886
A railway truck marks the scene of
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Broken Hill History
North Mine
The location of the fatality was at the
boundary of the South and Central
Mines. Due to safety considerations,
the memorial has been erected at the
nearest accessible site. Map B-M12.
LINE OF LODE
North Mine 1910
ore body. A new mining boom began
in 2007 and will see mining continue
in the city for many years to come.
• The Union Protects its Members
For generations of Broken Hill miners the
work was backbreaking and dangerous,
with long hours and low pay. A proud
tradition of union activism grew in the
Silver City. Between 1894 and 1913
alone, 360 men lost their lives on the
mines. Industrial unrest peaked in
1920 when after being on strike for
18 months the miners were awarded
improved safety conditions, improved
health monitoring and for the first
time in Australia a 35 hour week.
At the height of the mining boom
in 1952 over 6000 men worked
underground in Broken Hill.
MEMORIAL TO THE
MULLOCKERS
Mullockers Thomas Jordan (aged 19)
and Leopold Campbell (aged 21)
were killed by a fall of rock in Stope
A5, 500ft level, Central Mine at 3am
on 8 October 1902. Due to ground
conditions their bodies were never
removed and remain the only fatalities
still entombed on the Line of Lode.
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Line of Lode Miner’s Memorial and
restaurant is a dramatic structure on the
edge of the mullock heap that dissects
Broken Hill. It is a memorial to the
900 or more miners who lost their lives
working along the Line of Lode.
The building itself is a metaphor for
the underground lives of the miners,
evoking the damp, claustrophobic
underground environment. The views
over Broken Hill are spectacular.
Café, souvenir shop and
tours. Map B-M13.
JUNCTION MINE
One of the earliest Broken Hill leases,
Mineral Lease No. 39 was pegged
in 1884 by Penglase and Carson.
The Great Northern Junction Silver
Company was registered in 1886.
The site was worked almost
continuously until 1972.
Junction Mine is an important industrial
archaeological site, showing the change in
technology from steam to electric power.
The Mine Manager’s house, Browne’s
Shaft, the concentration mill and other
structures and ruins, all complete the
picture of a traditional, self-contained
19th/20th century mining operation.
Old Junction Mine’s surface workings
opened to the public in 1994.
Map B-S12 Lookout Browne’s Shaft.
WHITE’S MINERAL ART
& MINING MUSEUM
A comprehensive walk-in tour of a
mining ‘stope’ (excavation site), with a
video, scale models of mine structures,
samples of mine shafts, salvaged
machinery and mineral specimens. Family
focussed with a collection of dolls and
teddy bears on display. Map B-D3.
DAY DREAM MINE
To get a sense of what life was like for
the miners of the late 19th century take
a walk-in tour of Day Dream Mine.
This was one of the original mines
around Silverton, dating from 1882, but
abandoned in 1897. The tour takes one
hour - wear sturdy footwear. Map B-F1.
Junction Mine
BROKEN HILL
Miners Memorial
Attractions & Tours
Broken Hill, Museum Without Walls
Experience the times of ‘old’. Broken Hill
and region has an amazing pioneering
heritage and mining history that captures
the true ‘guts’ of Australia and its people.
“Argent Street was a huge dust heap,
filled with hotels and flimsy offices
and saloons. A two-chain wide road
knee-deep in dust, and crowded with
men from all the earth, selling at
tremendous prices shares in alleged
mines.” Randolph Bedford, circa 1885.
Broken Hill’s pioneer and mining
history is all around. Fine buildings
dating from boom town glory days.
The modest homes of miners and their
families. One distinguished building,
the Trades Hall, is headquarters of the
Barrier Industrial Council trade union
movement and proudly proclaims the
importance of unions in the life of the city.
Technically minded tinkerers will
be especially fascinated. Behind the
streetscape are museums, exhibitions,
underground and above ground adventures
and hands-on activities that tell the tale of
what has always been a proud working city.
Learn about crystals and visit the site
of the original ‘camel camp’. Enrol as a
guest at the School of the Air. Check
out rail and mine machinery and wander
through the historic photo gallery. Go
fossicking. Have a go at two-up: the
miners’ traditional entertainment.
*Silver Trail & Heritage Trail brochures
are available for purchase at the Broken
Hill Visitor Information Centre.
MUSEUMS AND TOURS
• Afghan Mosque
Curator (08) 8087 4892. Map B-W6.
• Railway Museum & Migrant Museum
Railway machinery, mineral collection,
migrant heritage museum and
hospital museum. Map A-C7.
• GeoCentre (and Silver Tree)
In the old Bond Store building (1893)
this geological science museum boasts
a 42kg silver nugget and a large
mineral collection. The interpretive
centre’s hand-on displays highlight the
history of the planet and the science
of crystals. Family focus, with quiz
sheets for children. Map A-C11.
NOTABLE BUILDINGS
With new-found wealth there was
a frenzy of building in the early
1890s. Argent Street and Bromide
Street are wonderful examples
of late Victorian streetscape.
The Silver Tree
Created by German silversmith Henry
Steiner in 1878-79 for a Melbourne
exhibition, the Silver Tree is a fabulous
and elaborate display of craftsmanship
decorated with animals and outback
figures.
Nearly two-thirds of a metre high and
weighing 8.5kg, the tree is hollow and
the base is beaten out to a single sheet of
silver.
Bought by Charles Rasp in 1886-90 to
furnish his fine house in Adelaide, the
Silver Tree became part of the estate of
Rasp’s widow, Agnes.
The Silver Tree was purchased by the
Broken Hill City Council in 1975 and is
the centrepiece of the Broken Hill Geo
Centre.
A nominal entry fee to GeoCentre.
Map A-C11.
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Attractions & Tours
Sculpture Symposium
• Palace Hotel (1889)
The National Trust has classified the elaborate
cast iron verandah as the longest in the state.
• Afghan Mosque (1891)
One of Australia’s first mosques was built on the site
of a camel camp. The mosque’s alcove points toward
Mecca, and prayer rugs have been left by worshippers
in appreciation of the mosque. Check with the Broken
Hill Visitor Information Centre for opening hours.
• Trades Hall (1898-1905)
A highly ornate facade, stained-glass windows
and geometrically patterned ceiling.
• Broken Hill Post Office (1890-92)
Designed by James Barnet, a masterpiece in red brick, with
its massive turret capped by a decorative mansard roof and
enveloped by a footpath verandah and corner balcony.
• Police Station (1890)
This replaced an earlier tin shed in which the prisoners were
chained to the flooring joists, although if a female prisoner
was present they were chained to the station fence outside!
• Broken Hill Court House (1890)
A dignified and unpretentious Court House,
again designed by James Barnet.
• Broken Hill Town Hall (1890-91)
Amazingly ornate in the best Victorian tradition
and Broken Hill’s architectural highlight.
• Technical College (1900-01)
Federation-style with large, arched
windows and ornamental entrance.
• Mt St Joseph’s Convent of Mercy (1891)
• Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Cathedral (1903)
• Wesley Church (1888)
Gothic Revival, with an impressive interior.
• Railway, Mineral and Train Museum building
(former railway station) (1888)
Made of sandstone. A display of old locomotives, railway
machinery and a large mineral collection. There are
separate hospital and migrant museums. Map A-C7.
• Conservation Centre
A museum of antiquated machinery run by volunteers.
Map B-Q11.Open Wednesday night 79pm, Thursday & Sunday 9am-noon.
Phone (08) 8087 8226.
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A WEALTH OF HISTORY
Broken Hill’s heritage is not confined between four straight
walls. It’s all around. Right there, in wide open streets,
mullock heaps, mine shafts and distinctive architecture.
Clamber over the ‘head frames’ and past ‘Tower Mullock
heaps’. They tell the story of the astounding mineral
wealth that drove the fledgling economy of Australia.
Ornate late-Victorian buildings trumpet the town’s vast wealth.
Art deco and post-war buildings make up the built
heritage of Broken Hill’s proud union tradition.
Alfresco sculptures - Pro’s ‘Ant’ and the 12 Living
Desert sculptures - town murals and art galleries
herald the rise of creative endeavours.
Hotels on every corner. They were the
core of Broken Hill’s social life.
Broken Hill’s mosque is a reminder of the
Muslim camel drivers of the 1880s.
The School of the Air, the Royal Flying Doctor Service
and Train Museum - each of these is proof of the vital
role this town plays in outback survival and daily life.
A historical pictorial may be viewed at
Photographic Recollections. Map B-G14.
‘Photographic
Recollections’
HISTORICAL PHOTO GALLERY
A privately owned collection of
historical photographs in a 6
room gallery.
An ideal starting point to
your visit, as it provides a
comprehensive overview of
Broken Hill’s history.
Monday to Friday 10.00am - 4.30pm
Saturday 1.00pm - 4.30pm
Coaches Welcome.
Group Visits after hours by appointment.
T (08) 8087 9322
Eyre Street, South Broken Hill
BROKEN HILL
Royal Flying Doctor Service
PATTON STREET
old days when it was filled with highland
served an area of 3,000,000 square km
You’ve landed in the 1950s!
dancers, bagpipes and brass bands.
in Western Australia and 1,500,000
‘On the other side of the hill’, Patton
At the other end of Patton Street is the
Street has a wonderful village atmosphere
Twin Lakes, artificial lakes built by the
Illness or accident often meant death
that takes you back to the good old
Zinc Corporation in 1948. Here you can
because medical aid was too far away.
days. You can enjoy an authentic
view a working mine and examine the
Even though aircraft at that time were not
original recipe soda spider at Bells Milk
old mining machinery in the surrounding
suited for ambulance work and radio was
Bar & Museum or try a delicious ice-
parklands while enjoying a family picnic.
also in its infancy, Flynn quickly realised
cream cone from Pepe’s Milk Bar.
Why not browse through the historic
In the mining heyday, Patton Street was
photos at the Eyre Street Photographic
the city’s second most active commercial
Recollections? Then be sure to drive
centre, buzzing with boot makers,
around and see all the character homes
Flynn called his vision a ‘mantle of safety’.
blacksmiths and fruiterers … even the
and old buildings; still reflecting the
The Royal Flying Doctor Service began
local undertaker. In 1906 when the first
history of Broken Hill. Don’t miss the
in Queensland in May 1928. It was
steam tram began shuttling between
restored Mine Manager’s Home, now part
developed nationally through the 1930s,
Argent Street and Patton Street, 6,000
of the new St Anne’s Nursing Home.
bringing not only emergency medical
passengers climbed aboard on the first day!
square km in the Northern Territory.
that air transport and radio together could
break the inland’s isolation and bring
medical care to the people of the outback.
aid, but also a comprehensive health care
And the spirit lives on. The street features
FLYING DOCTOR
and community service to the outback.
a fantastic melding of history. There’s the
The Royal Flying Doctor Service
It now covers 80 per cent of the Australian
old fire station and post office, heritage
was founded by the Rev. John
continent, an area as large as Western
listed Mechanic’s Institute and specialty
Flynn, ‘Flynn of the Inland’.
Europe. Contact the Broken Hill Visitor
shops, old and new. Enjoy lunch in shady
Flynn was a minister with the Australian
Information Centre for bookings.
Patton Street Park just as they did in the
Inland Mission in 1912. Only two doctors
Nominal entry fee. Map B-D21.
The GeoCentre has hands-on displays for all the family!
See the famous silver tree.
See the fabulous 42kg silver nugget.
See over 300 superb Broken Hill mineral specimens.
Souvenirs available from our museum shop.
Small admission fees apply.
Opening Hours
Weekdays 10am – 4:45pm
Weekends 1pm – 4:45pm
Photo courtesy of John Fadden
Cnr Bromide & Crystal Sts
p: (08) 8080 3500 f: (08) 8080 3509
e: [email protected]
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Attractions & Tours
PANORAMAS
WALKING TRAILS
• Line of Lode Map B-M13.
• Broken Hill Heritage Trail
• Joe Keenan’s Lookout Map B-L7.
• Block 10 Lookout Map B-G11.
• Junction Mine & Lookout Map B-S12.
• Sculpture Site Map B-K1.
Mario’s Palace
TREASURES OF THE HILL
• School of the Air
Tour the famous School of the
Air, which uses the air waves to
reach remote mining communities
and outback properties. Must
be booked. Map B-S7.
• Mining Tours / Museums
Hard hats and headlamps,
underground guided mine tour or
experience a museum to view and
hear through the knowledge of exminers - for a real understanding of
the toil and travail of a miner’s life.
• Titanic Memorial, Sturt Park Reserve
In memory of the bandsmen of the
Titanic who played on in the hope of
maintaining calm while the ship went
down in 1912. The broken column
is not an unrepaired accident but an
ancient Greek symbol of being cut
down in youth and life cut short.
Map A-G3.
• Riddiford Arboretum
Accessible desert fauna display,
including Sturt Desert Pea.
It was named after Charles Sturt who
gathered specimens around presentday Broken Hill in 1844. Map B-G8.
• Lions/Rotary Park
What’s a picnic without ants?
There’s a big ant here - Pro Hart’s
giant ant sculpture and miners’ faces
sculpture. Opposite the Broken
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DRIVING TOUR
• The Silver Trail
A 40 km self-drive tour that
takes at least two hours and
features 113 interesting sites.
A basic brochure and a detailed
booklet are available for
purchase at the Broken Hill
Visitor Information Centre.
• The No.7 South Mine
Replica Head Frame
Located approx 2 km on the Barrier
Highway towards Adelaide is the
Replica No. 7 South Mine Headframe.
It was developed at the bequest of
William Peter Perrin Seward, a local
who was keen to remind visitors
and locals of the mining history
of Broken Hill. He requested that
the project be managed by the Far
Western Regional Development
Board (FWRDB), it be built within
10 years of his death and the site be
an entrance to the city that symbolises
the mining history of the town.
A two-hour signposted walking
tour past many outstanding
heritage buildings, some listed by
the National Trust. Brochures are
available from the Visitor Information
Centre for a small charge.
• The Heroes, Larrikins and
Visionaries of Broken Hill Walk
An easy hour’s stroll through Broken
Hill’s fascinating and colourful past.
Meet world- famous singers,
writers, poets, artists, actors,
gamblers, cheats, heroes and
battlers from Chips Rafferty to
June Bronhill, Shorty O’Neil to
Dame Mary Gilmore. Brochures
are available from the Visitor
Information Centre at no charge.
• Living Desert / Sculpture
Site Walking Trail
Signposted walk to the sculpture site
featuring the flora and fauna of the
region. 40 minutes return. Detailed
brochures are available from the
Information Centre for a small charge.
• Cemetery Self Guided Walk
In the next twelve months, Council
will have available a brochure to
accompany persons taking a self
guided walk through the Broken
Hill Cemetery. The Cemetery is
testimony to the harsh, colourful
and vibrant history of Broken Hill.
The head frame is constructed
from Duragal sections, galvanised
steel and Huck bolted with in
excess of 16,000 bolts to replicate
the original rivets. It is 40 metres
high and weighs over 72 tonnes.
Plans to further develop the site
are under way. Map B-A5.
View our full page
advert on back cover
BROKEN HILL
Mirage at the Mundi Mundi Plains
For detailed directions see the Broken
Map B-K1.
• Sturt Park
White Rocks
PARKS AND PICNICS
• Duke of Cornwall Park
Tennis courts for hire. Fenced area, play
area, picnic tables, free gas barbecues.
Corner Argent and Garnet Streets.
Contact the Visitor Information
Centre for hire. Map B-K10.
• North Family Play Centre
Heated 25m swimming pool.
Undercover picnic tables,
play equipment, large grassed
area, free gas barbecues.
McCulloch Street. Map B-T4.
• Twin Lakes
Large lake with ducks to feed. Grassed
area, swings and slides. Silver City
Highway, 5km from centre.
Map B-B16.
Titanic Memorial. Rose garden,
play equipment, covered picnic
area with tables and chairs area
securely fenced. Sulphide and
Wolfram Streets. Map A-G4.
have a look. Check with the Visitor
Information Centre for opening times.
Map B-Q11.
• Mosque Museum
Open 2 to 4pm (08) 8087 4892
Please check opening times with
the Broken Hill Visitor Information
Centre. There is a nominal entry fee.
Voluntarily run. Map B-W6.
NIGHTLIFE
Just take a stroll down Oxide or
Argent Streets for hotels like ‘The
Black’ or ‘The Mulga’, bands are
often hosted on weekends.
There’s plenty of action and local culture
at the clubs, too. Snooker, darts, gambling,
good value meals (even breakfast) and
live entertainment are the name of the
game at the Barrier Social Democratic
Club (Demo Club to the locals), the
Broken Hill Legion Club, the Sturt
Club, the Musicians Club and more.
Two-up was once an illegal back-lane
gambling game. But you can attend the
Two-up school quite legally. Fridays and
Saturdays, 10 pm till late, at the Broken
Hill Musicians Club - and good luck!
• Broken Hill Conservation
Centre’s picnic train
(Opposite the Visitor Information
Centre) Operates every third Sunday
of the month. 10am - 1pm. Ride
by donation. Great for little kids!
Map A-L9.
TAKE HOME
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•
•
•
•
A postcard of old Broken Hill
A painting or sculpture
Silver or opal jewellery
A mineral rock or crystal
A set of place mats
showing local scenery
Heritage Trail book
• Riddiford Arboretum
Sturt’s Desert Peas plantings. A
semi-arid park with indigenous
plants. Galena Street near
Westside Plaza. Map B-G8.
• Stephens Creek Reservoir
and Picnic Area
Reservoir dating from 1892.
Grassed area, picnic tables
and free gas barbecues. 17km,
Barrier Highway to Sydney.
• Living Desert Picnic Area
View of Sculpture Symposium.
Undercover picnic tables, toilets
and free gas barbecues. 12 km
from Broken Hill at the base of the
Lookout. Enter through the second
entrance - Living Desert Reserve.
OPEN SUNDAY
AFTERNOONS
• Conservation Centre
Also open other times (Ref Pg 12)
Phone (08) 8087 8226
This society organises and oversees the
Kintore Reserve (opp the BHVIC)
picnic train miniature every 3rd
Sunday of the month. 10am to 1pm
Rides are by gold coin donation,
which helps keep the train running.
The Conservation Centre in Crystal
Street is manned by volunteers. A
dedicated group of people who love
to tinker, play ... and have a chat ...
and restore machinery of all types and
makes. You are welcome to come and
Sturt Park
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Broken Hill
&
Race Meeting
“Australia’s
premier outback
race meeting”
Saturday 8th March 2008
Saturday 28th March 2009
PO Box 547 Broken Hill NSW 2880
Phone 08 8087 7550 Fax: 08 8087 2914
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.stpatricks.org.au
Returned & Services
League of Australia
School of the Air
Teaching Outback
School Children
‘HALL OF FAME’
399 Argent St
Ph: 08 8088 1024
Whilst in Broken Hill visit the Broken Hill
RSL Hall of Fame Museum.
View Memorabilia of war history, photos,
badges, swords and items of interest.
Office & Hall of Fame open
Mon, Wed, Fri 9:30am - 12:00pm
Tues, Thurs, 9:30am - 3:00pm
Bookings must be made
the day before at the Visitor
Information Centre.
You must be seated at 8.20am.
Open Monday to Friday except school &
public holidays.
(Coach bookings may be accepted)
Some sessions may be cancelled without notice.
The Living Desert
Experience the unique desert environment at the
living desert reserve, nestled amongst the Barrier
Ranges, just 9 km from the City of Broken Hill.
See the Sculpture Symposium and the Flora and Fauna
Sanctuary. The arid landscape can be discovered along the
numerous walking trails and the 2 km Cultural Trail within
the Sanctuary takes you on a journey through native flora,
a magnificent Sturt Pea display, Aboriginal history and
contemporary story pole work. A centrally located picnic
area with shade and BBQ’s makes the Living Desert a
great family day out.
Open 7 days a week
Enquiries to: Visitor Information Centre
Cnr Blende and Bromide Street Broken Hill
Ph: (08) 8080 3560
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BROKEN HILL
Tel: 08 8080 3714
HISTORIC DAY DREAM MINE
walk in mine tour
AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY ABOVE OR BELOW GROUND...
• Fully guided 1 hour tours starting
10am - last tour 3.30pm.
• Working prior to Broken Hill Mines.
• Mined 3 times from 1882 - 1983
• Once mined by 8 year old boys.
• Located 28kms from Broken Hill
off Silverton Road.
• Devonshire Teas, cold drinks and
souvenirs available.
• Drive through picturesque hills and
marvel at the view and wildlife.
• View original smelter 1884.
Summer Tour Times:
Open 7 days
Photo’s by Jason Nolan 0414 902 843
November through to Easter
10am and 11am only.
Mine: (08) 8088 5682 • Fax: (08) 8088 4532
Home: (08) 8088 4532 • Mobile: 0427 885 682
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White’s
Railway
&
Mineral Art &
Living Mining Museum &
Doll and Bear Display
Mineral
Train Museum
• Open daily 9am - 5pm
• Nominal Entry Fee
• Mineral artworks
• Mining video
• Guided tours
• Refreshments available
• Ample parking
• Wheelchair access
Situated diagonally opposite the Visitor Information Centre.
Open every day 10am - 3pm except Christmas Day. Large
display of old railway machinery and an extensive mineral
collection. Incorporates separate Hospital Museum.
Experience underground mining on the surface
Phone: 08 8088 4660
1 Allendale St Broken Hill T: (08) 8087 2878 F: (08) 8087 7884
Specialising in small group tours. Guided half &
full day tours of scenic & historic local sites
These informative historic tours depart from the
Visitor Information Centre at 10am on Mon, Wed & Fri.
Approx. 2 hours. By donation
Not usually operating Mid Dec- Mid March. brochures for a
similar self guided walk are available at a nominal cost.
Broken Hill Sightseeing Co.
• Visitors to Broken Hill will now have the opportunity to take
part in the most enjoyable day tour Broken Hill has to offer!
• Sit back and relax with our local service and tour guides
while travelling in our luxurious, comfort plus bus!
• Tour includes galleries, heritage trails and buildings,
sights and attractions as well as Silverton, the Sculpture
Symposium & the RFDS Base!
• Service is available for local and interstate charters
* Transport ranges from a 14 seat mini-coach through
to a 52 luxury coach
Full day and half day tours
Reservation Hours
Mon to Fri 8:30am – 4:30pm
Saturday 9:00am – 11:30am
Visitors Information Centre
Corner of Blende & Bromide St
Ph: 08 8088 6900
www.busesrus.com.au
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BROKEN HILL
Silver City Mint
& Art Centre
The Big Picture
Home of the world's largest acrylic painting on canvas. (12mx100m)
Main Gallery
Silver Mine
• Smelting, casting and
manufacturing of Broken Hill
silver jewellery
The Broken Hill Chocolate Factory
Chocolates • Old English lollies • Fudge
• View the extensive range
of originals and lithographs by
well known Broken Hill and
Australian Artists
• Spectacular minerals on display and for sale
Silver Jewellery
• Large selection of top
quality Australiana
Chocolate Factory
Opal Mine
66 Chloride Street Broken Hill • Open 7 days 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Phone: (08) 8088 6166 • (AH) (08) 8087 5463 • Fax: (08) 8087 4292
Email: [email protected] Web: www.silvercitymint.com.au
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Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
Outback Art Adventure
Albert Woodroffe
Finishing Touches
A landscape of wide
horizons, astonishing
sunsets and ancient river
gorges. Harsh yet subtle,
timeless yet fragile …
this country has inspired
generations of artists.
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It began in the early days. One of the
first known Broken Hill landscapes was
a delightful watercolour sketch beside
the surveyor’s plan for the Line of Lode.
By 1904 the prosperous city’s aldermen
had laid the foundations for New South
Wales’ oldest regional art gallery.
The isolated mining town, with its
boom town Victorian architecture
and art deco influences, had become
a fully fledged artists’ colony.
JC Goodhart, owner of the largest
haberdashery and general store in town,
sold his own etchings and watercolours.
This was a flourishing sideline and his
mining images sold particularly well.
Put aside the time for an outback art
adventure. There are galleries and studios
everywhere. You’ll find not only the oldest
regional public gallery in New South
Wales, but also 27-plus private galleries
and studios, stocked with an eclectic range
of artworks by more than 50 artists of the
arid lands. Names like Roxanne Minchin,
Eric McCormick, Peter Anderson, Geoff
De Main, Howard Steer, the Woodroffe’s,
Phil Jones, Jack Absalom, Wendy
Martin, Ian Lewis, Deirdre Edwards,
Boris Hlavica and many, many more.
Broken Hill’s renaissance started in the
1960s when Pro Hart and a band of
bush and naive artists - cleverly dubbed
the ‘Brushmen of the Bush’ - burst
on the art scene with their starkly lit
outback images. This was art celebrating
survival and the Australian identity.
Pro Hart and the other now-famous
Brushmen were Eric Minchin, Hugh
Schulz, Jack Absalom and John Pickup.
These five locals mounted joint exhibitions
and opened their own galleries.
The word spread and artists working
in other styles and media have based
themselves in Broken Hill, bringing
their own interpretations to one of the
world’s most distinctive landscapes.
Here you’ll find art from tens of
thousands of years ago - and the
contemporary arts of today.
Their images range from landscapes,
wildlife and wildflowers to
Dreamtime stories, portraits of
haunting faces and mining scenes.
There are photographs, sculptures, crafts,
pottery, paintings on canvas, acrylics and
watercolours and the BIG picture will
take your breath away. And they are for
sale...many of these works of art will have
prices to make you want to start your
BROKEN HILL
The Big Picture
collection now. Or perhaps add to it.
For every work of art there’s an outback
yarn. Or five! The most memorable
part of a Broken Hill gallery and studio
crawl may well be meeting the artists.
Characters every bit as colourful as
the desert landscape they love. And
the more you look at this desert art,
the more your own eye is trained.
You’ll have a new appreciation of the
outback’s luminous palette and the
dramatic impact of this terrain.
The Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
(Map A-N9) houses an extensive
collection of Australian colonial and
Impressionist works. The Gallery also
has a nationally recognised collection of
works by Rick Amor, Charles Blackman,
Arthur Boyd, Barbara Hanrahan, Mandy
Martin, Clifton Pugh, Lloyd Rees, Tim
Storrier and many other fine artists.
Broken Hill has been called a Museum
without Walls. It’s also an Art Gallery
without Walls. Murals on building walls,
Pro’s famous ant, and on the northern
outskirts of the town is a remarkable
sculpture garden - the Living Desert
Reserve. In 1993, 12 sculptors from places
like Georgia, Syria, Mexico and the Tiwi
Islands went to a reserve on the edge of
the desert where each worked on a huge
Wilcannia sandstone boulder up to 3m
high. They worked without power tools
for 14 hours a day, every day for eight
weeks. The raw rock was transformed into
an artistic statement and the landscape
and the aesthetic impulse merged. The
emotional impact is profound and exciting
- especially at sunset, when the backdrop
of red and orange sky is breathtaking.
Eric McCormick Gallery
Original Works Only Depicting the Local Area
Oil – Pastel – Watercolour
One of Broken Hill’s Best Galleries
Gallery Hours:
Weekdays: 1.00pm to 5.00pm
Weekends: 10.00am to 5.00pm
Other or unattended: please phone mobile to arrange a viewing
Mobile: 0428 313 100 Gallery: 08 8087 8486
367 McCulloch Street Broken Hill 2880
Entrance from Cummins Lane
[email protected]
A Purpose Built Gallery in a Suburban Setting
• Flying Doctor series
• Howard Steer Art
• Shane Gehlert. Roboroo works
• Roxanne Minchin Art
• Prints + Originals
• Souvenirs + Local Crafts
OPEN
8AM - 5PM MON - FRI
8AM - 1PM SAT
After Hours 08 8087 9601
[email protected]
303 Argent Street Broken Hill
Phone: (08) 8087 2306 Mobile: 0437 060 596
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Outback Art Adventure
Sculpture Symposium
THE LIVING DESERT &
SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM
Experience our unique environment at the
Living Desert Reserve, nestled amongst
the Barrier Ranges located just 13 km
from the CBD of Broken Hill. The arid
landscape is captured throughout the
numerous walking trails which display
magnificent views of the distant horizon.
Within the Living Desert there are two
must see major attractions which are the
nationally known Sculpture Symposium
and the Flora and Fauna Sanctuary.
The Sculptures comprise 12 Sandstone
artworks which highlight the skyline,
all with a story to tell. Located on a
majestic hilltop within the centre of the
Reserve, the Sculptures were completed
in 1993 by artists from around the
world. Access to the Sculptures can be
by vehicle after gaining a key from the
Visitor Information Centre or by walking
trail from the picnic area. Fees Apply.
The Flora and Fauna Sanctuary is also
located centrally from the picnic area
and comprises an area of 180ha bordered
by an electric predator-proof fence.
This Sanctuary, although providing
protection to our native kangaroos has
been planned and designed carefully to
provide visitors with a unique insight
into flora, fauna and Aboriginal culture
of Western New South Wales. This is
truly a sanctuary with a difference; the
12 km cultural trail within the Sanctuary
takes you on a journey through the
Arboretum and Sturt Pea Wildflower
display, Aboriginal attractions display
past culture and recent contemporary
story pole artwork. A colourful brochure
will allow you to self-guide your way (if
a guide is not available) and interpret
the signage at points of interest.
Further enquiries may be directed to
the Visitor Information Centre (08)
8080 3560 or Broken Hill City Council
(08) 8080 3300 business hours only.
No animals, apart from guide dogs,
are permitted at the Living Desert and
Sculpture Symposium. Map B-K1.
Sturt Desert Pea
The Living Desert is open 7 days a week
RED SANDS
G A L L E R Y
355 Wolfram St (Off Oxide St)
Open Tuesday – Saturday, 10am–4pm
Ph: 08 8088 7734
• Over 30 artists work on display • Unique gift lines
• Silver jewellery • Aboriginal artwork
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throughout the year. There is a moderate
entrance fee on site. Enquire at the Visitor
Information Centre to confirm time and
obtain a key if driving to the Sculptures.
Coffey’s Creative
Gifts & Gallery
Works by Pat, Chris & Sue Coffey
Local Crafted Works and Gift Lines
Open:
Mon-Fri 9am-5:00pm
Sat 9am-12:30pm
311 Argent Street,
Broken Hill
Ph/Fax (08) 8088 1580
BROKEN HILL
...handling your photos professionally
Photo reprints
Photo correction / restoration
We can print multiple
copies of your photos in
many different sizes.
We can correct the colour of your
photos, remove scratches and restore
old photos to new.
Large scale printing
Copy your photos to disc
(up to 1118mm x 3200mm)
We can print posters,
banners up to over A0 size.
We can copy your digital images to a
CD or DVD. We support all common
memory card types.
We also provide...
• Business cards
• Flyers
• Brochures
• Posters
• Graphic design
• Websites
32-34 Chloride Street, Broken Hill
p: (08) 8088 1500 f: (08) 8088 1300
e: [email protected]
design.barrierminer.com.au
HOWARD WILLIAM STEER
ART GALLERY
• Collectable • Humour • Colourful • A wide range of Flying Doctor artwork
Free Measure and Quote
Pushing Sh** Uphill
Same Sh** Different Day
Taking the Pi**
Not the biggest Gallery but the friendliest
If not available contact Art on Argent, 303 Argent Street
721 William Street, Broken Hill 2880
Ph: (08) 8087 4736 ~ Mob: 0409 286 490 ~ Fax: (08) 8087 9709
[email protected]
www.howardsteerart.com.au
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Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
404 – 408 Argent Street
Open 7 Days 10am – 5pm
T: 08 8080 3440
E: [email protected]
http://www.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au
New South Wales oldest regional art gallery
Celebrating more than 100 years
DEIRDRE EDWARDS
34 Williams Lane
Broken Hill
T: 08 8088 3913
M: 0411 019 879
Commissions &
Lay-bys welcome
W: www.djdee.com.au
Jarah Mosaics
Studio Room & Mosaic Garden
REALISTIC TO CONTEMPORARY
WATER COLOUR, ACRYLIC AND MIXED MEDIA
“Step into the colourful world of Mosaics. Where old
china, tiles and mirror are recycled into
exquisite sculptures and artifacts.”
169 Chapple St, Broken Hill
Open 7 Days a week
10am - 4pm daily
Ph: (08) 8087 4478
GALLERY
WENDY MARTIN & IAN LEWIS
• original art
• prints
• souvenirs
• gift lines
OPEN DAILY
4 A rgent St. (enter v ia Gossa n St) ~ ph: (0 8) 8 0 87 8 8 07 ~ ema i l: [email protected]
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BROKEN HILL
THE
HORIZON GALLERY
Est.1987
OPEN DAILY
www.horizongalleries.com.au
Bronwen Standley-Woodroffe
Springtime Cordillo Downs
WOO D ROFFE
A RTISTS
Inland Energy
Albert Woodroffe
BROKEN HILL
08 8088 6025
Cnr. Williams & Bromide Streets
[email protected]
SILVERTON
08 8088 5331
Opposite Silverton Hotel
[email protected]
650 Chapple St Broken Hill 2880
Phone: (08) 8087 9078
Mobile: 0412 573 788
Ochre Sands
Artworks
S T U D I O
233 Rowe Street
Broken Hill 2880 NSW
P 08 8088 7006 M 0421 166 619
E [email protected]
Open Wed to Sun, 10am- 5pm
FREE ENTRY
• Contemporary artwork • Sculptures • Paintings
• Artists prints including block prints & etching
G A L L E R Y
Artist Sue Hodge is proud to have recently opened
her own art studio.
Sue’s original artworks include impressive local landscapes.
Come and enjoy Broken Hill’s newest art gallery.
Open: Monday to Saturday 10am-4pm
Sunday by appointment
PRO HART GALLERY
108 Wyman Street
Houses One of Australia’s
Largest Private Art Collections
Original Pro Hart works
available
Opening Hours:
Monday to Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 1:30pm - 5pm
Telephone 08 8087 2441 ~ Fax 08 8088 1551 ~ www.prohart.com.au
Miners Kids, Giclee 6” x 8.25”
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Broken Hill Accommodation
Hotels & Motels
ROYAL EXCHANGE HOTEL
Hotel
“Why Stay Anywhere Else!”
• Rest
• Rejuvenate
You will love the
convenience of
staying right in
the heart of the
City Centre
• Relax
Perfectly placed for a stroll to clubs,
hotels and restaurants.
Supermarket across the street,
Tour desk for daily departures can be made from our office.
• Fully Licensed
Restaurant
Enjoy a delicious breakfast on the patio overlooking the solar
heated pool.
Executive business class, spa suites and standard accommodation.
Specialising in group accommodation.
At the end of the day, return and relax in the comfort of your well appointed room.
Wireless Broadband
Internet Available
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120 Argent Street Broken T (08) 8088 4044 F (08) 8088 1313
[email protected] www.minehostmotel.com.au
BROKEN HILL
HILLTOP
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29 Ground Floor Units
Solar Heated Pool
Guests Laundry
Free Austar
Queen Beds
Family Rooms
AAA Rating
271 Kaolin Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Phone (08) 8088 2999 Fax (08) 8088 4604
www.comfortinnhilltop.com.au
COMFORT
• Executive Spa
• Off-Street Parking
• In room bar
• Breakfast served daily
• Air-Conditioning
• Betina’s Licensed
• Electric Blankets
• BBQ Area
Italian Restaurant
• Wireless Broadband
INN
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Comfort Inn
HILLTOP
COMF
CRYSTAL
ACCOMMODATION COMPLEX
Comfort Inn CRYSTAL
Line Of Lode COTTAGES
• 35 ★★★✩ air-conditioned ensuite rooms
• Conference and business facilities
• Licensed restaurant 7 days
• Restaurant room service
• Groups and coaches welcome
• In-room mini bars
• Wireless broadband available
• Off street parking
• 7 fully self contained, fully furnished
★★★★ 2 and 3 bedroom cottages
• Luxuriously appointed
• Undercover parking attached to each unit
• 3 bedroom units built to Australian
Standard Handicapped specification
• Conference and room service facilities
326-336 Crystal Street Broken Hill NSW 2880
Telephone (08) 8088 2344 Fax (08) 8088 1887 [email protected]
RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE SILVER CITY
77 Argent Street, Broken Hill. NSW 2880 T: (08) 8088 3033 F: (08) 8088 5873
E: [email protected] www.budgetmotelchain.com.au
DAYDREAM MOTEL
Free Breakfast Provided (as of april 1, 2008).
Free Austar TV in all rooms.
Room Service available for meals.
Situated on the main street, but away from the traffic noise.
No stairs, All ground floor rooms.
All rooms with en-suite and r/c air-conditioning.
Family accommodation with two bedrooms.
Beds with Lambs Wool underlays.
Executive rooms with Large flat screen Digital TV.
Liquor Licence available for guests.
Tour Desk Service for your travel arrangements.
Discount Car Rental.
DAYDREAM COTTAGE
Your Heritage Holiday Home In Broken Hill
Send for our brochure
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The
201 Galena St
Broken Hill
P: 08 8088 7013
F: 08 8087 0111
www.gatewaymotorinn.net
Gateway
Motor Inn
Experience the difference of the
Outback at The Gateway Motor Inn.
Situated 500m away from the
Shopping Centre, The Gateway is not
only comfortable, but convenient.
We offer fine accommodation including spa
suites, spacious family and deluxe rooms.
All rooms and surroundings are
equipped with modern facilities.
• Air conditioning
• Wireless broadband internet
• Solar heated pool
• BBQ area
Oasis Motor Inn
Contact
Madilyn Williams
The Lodge Outback Motel
Toll Free
1300 303 898
Recently refurbished, 15 ground-oor
units, with internet facilities, AUSTAR,
free wireless internet, swimming pool
and heated spa, quiet peaceful location.
Charge-back facilities available.
www.bestwestern.com.au/brokenhilloasis
Fax (08) 8088 2555
142 Iodide Street
Broken Hill
NSW 2880
Winner 2007 HMAA Award for excellency
252 Mica St
PH: 08 8088 2722
www.lodgemotel.com.au
Silver Haven Motor Inn
Restaurant
&
•55 seat licensed restaurant
•31 Ground Floor units
•Family rooms
•Solar heated swimming pool
•500 metres from PO
•A/C in every room
•Off Street parking
•Groups specialists
•2-7 day packages available
•Discounted rates for AAA members
•Austar TV
•Wireless Broadband available
For a phone toll free reservation
1800 656 003
F 08 8088 4494
577 Argent Street Broken Hill
E [email protected] www.silverhaven.com.au
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BROKEN HILL
Charles Rasp
MOTOR INN
A MUST FOR A SPECIAL STAY
20 GROUND FLOOR LUXURY UNITS
Stay in luxurious comfort at the Charles
Rasp! Pamper yourself in one of our
Spa Executive Suites, boasting the
latest style in decor, spaciousness and
air-conditioning.
• Free Austar
• 2 Bedroom Family Suites
• Large Pool/Heated Spa & BBQ area
• Off Street Parking
• Non-Smoking Rooms
• Reception Tour Bookings
• Opposite Take-aways
• Close to Clubs and Restaurants
• Disabled Facilities
8 rooms ★★★★
12 rooms
RAA Rating
Charles Rasp
• Fully self-contained
• Modern kitchen and
microwave
• Breakfast and dinner
available
• Tour bookings at reception
• Close to town and clubs
• Opposite take-aways
COTTAGE
The Charles Rasp
Cottage is situated on
motel grounds offering
all the facilities and
conveniences of a motel,
yet totally private.
ACACIA COTTAGE
It’s the little things that count! Acacia Cottage is full of those
extra little touches that make you feel at home.
Completely refurbished! This fully self-contained 3 bedroom
cottage sleeps 6 people (2 Queens and 1 Twin Room) All
modern conveniences, undercover parking, enclosed yard.
Fabulous central location, only 2 minutes from main street,
close to shops, opposite takeaways. On town bus route.
158 Oxide Street Broken Hill
Telephone (08) 8088 1988 Facsimile (08) 8088 4633
Check us out on the web
www.charlesraspmotorinn.com.au
Your quality choice
Desert Sand
MOTOR INN
Luxury Accommodation
AAA Rated
Desert Sand, as unique as the city it calls home!
Whether for business or pleasure we provide quality in both accommodation and service. Relax in one of our
refurbished luxury suites situated within The Southern Cross Hotel, an excellent location near the CBD.
Guest Rooms Complex & Facilities
• Quality Fittings & Fixtures
• Tour Bookings Arranged
• Luxurious Spa Suites
• Swimming Pool
• Spacious Family Suites
• Rest Room Service
• 2 Bedroom Family Suites
• Laundry Facilities
• Austar LCD T.V.’s in every room
• Wireless Broadband Internet
• Corporate Suites
(One hour Free)
Hotel Facilities
• Dunes A La Carte Restaurant for Fine
• Cocktail Lounge - Main Bar
• Conference Facilities
Dining or Breakfast
• Function Facilities
• Alfresco Dining
Desert Sand Motor Inn
357 Cobalt Street,
[email protected]
www.desertsand.com.au
t. 08 8088 4122
f. 08 8088 4419
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International
The
Imperial
Fine Accommodation
W: imperialfineaccommodation.com
88 Oxide Street Broken Hill, PO Box 1062
T: (08) 8087 7444
F: (08) 8087 7234
• Heritage building with wide verandahs
• 5 well-appointed ensuite rooms
• Billiard room
• Guest lounge
• Off-street parking
• Heated swimming pool
• Gardens
• Meals and catering
• Meeting and function facilities
4 x Luxury 2 bedroom villas
2 x Luxury 3 bedroom villa
1 x bedroom exec with spa
1 x 3 bedroom holiday house
with spa & pool
2-4 Tramway Terrace Broken Hill 2880
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BROKEN HILL
Tarrawingee Holiday Units have
been designed to complement the
beautifully restored Station Master’s
Residence, circa 1900s.
• 12 deluxe self contained family style
holiday units for up to seven people
• Barbecue, entertainment area
• Solar heated swimming pool
• Kitchen and separate lounge
For Bookings and Enquiries
Contact Sue or Glyn at:
• Fully air conditioned
• DVD and Austar
• Close proximity to shopping,
entertainment and historic sites
253 Wills St, Broken Hill
Phone (08) 8088 4152
BUDGET ACCOMODATION
TOURIST LODGE
ROOM RATES:
Double $52
$52 -Single
Single$36
$36 Twin Share $25
Double
100 Argent St Broken Hill
W: www.yha.com.au
T: 08 8088 2086 F: 08 8087 9511
• All ages welcome
• Full Kitchen Facilities
• Pool and BBQ
• Main St Frontage
• Bike Hire
• Mostly twin-share accommodation
• Close to Supermarket, Tourist Centrepic here
and Bus Terminal
Outback Beds
Stay in the Outback with Friends
Staying with the Outback Beds network allows you to experience working sheep
and cattle stations, bush pubs, log cabins, living underground, B and B’s, a little
luxury, fantastic river campsites... even camel campouts
Telephone 1800 005 298
Ring us for your FREE Outback map.
Further information & map also available
from Visitor Information Centres
www.outbackbeds.com.au
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Broken Hill Accommodation
Cottages & B&Bs
THE MINERS ARMS
FINE ACCOMMODATION
Bed and Breakfast
Heritage Building
4 well appointed ensuite rooms
Guest Lounge
Off street parking
Garden
Centrally located, walk to clubs, pubs and galleries
Traditional Breakfast
82 Crystal Street Broken Hill
Phone/Fax (08) 8087 7830 Mobile 0402 215 187
Email [email protected] Web theminersarms.com
372 CHLORIDE STREET
EXECUTIVE HOLIDAY ACCOMODATION
Available for short or longer term rental are these
two immaculate holiday homes. Both cottages
have been tastefully renovated and have 3
queen-size bedrooms. They are fully self-contained
and come complete with modern kitchens, quality
furnishings, orthopedic mattresses, Egyptian cotton
sheets, towels, cutlery, crockery, pots & pans,
dishwasher, microwave, BBQ and all that is needed
to make your stay comfortable.
Both properties are able to satisfy all the needs for
families, couples or busy business executives.
For quotes please do not hesitate
to call Karen Hickey 0438 858 336,
Jim Hickey 0418 858 336 or contact
L.J. Hooker Real Estate 08 8087 3666.
Broken Hill
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• Heritage style stone home
• Quiet location close
to the Hospital
• Separate lounge with
comfy recliners
• Executive bathroom with
spa & separate shower
• Second shower in laundry
& two toilets
• Laundry under cover
of back verandah
• Reverse cycle aircon
• Relaxing & private outdoor area
486 WILLIAMS STREET
• Elevated stone home with views
• Enjoy an evening drink on the
front verandah
• Spacious open-plan living
• Reverse cycle airconditioning
• Casual & formal lounge areas
• Evaporative air cooling and gas
heating
• Fully equipped laundry
• Relaxing & private outdoor area
• Easy walk to the Hotel for a
counter-meal or drink
• Perfect for families - children
welcome
BROKEN HILL
About Town Cottages
★★★
AAA Touring
Centrally located on quiet streets but within easy walking distance of main street, clubs, restaurants, food outlets and supermarkets.
Features of each Cottage:
• 2 x Bedrooms
• Linen Supplied
• Queen Bed and 2 Singles
• Electric Blankets and Doonas
• TV and Video/DVD
• Tastefully Appointed
• Air Conditioned and Heated
• Off-Street Covered Parking
Daily & Weekly (Discount) Rates
For more information or bookings please contact Doug or Fran
P (08) 8087 8159 ~ M 0418 496 480 ~ E [email protected] ~ W www.cottageoutback.com
Relax and enjoy the rustic
surrounds and friendly atmosphere
of accommodation unique to Broken
Hill, ideal for group bookings!
10 modern, fully self-contained cabins set in
bush surroundings, yet only 5 km from city
centre on Menindee Road.
• Art and Entertainment Gallery.
• BBQ and pool.
For further information, please contact Pam Wright at
Mulberry Vale PO Box 882 Broken Hill 2880
T: (08) 8088 1597 M: 0428 858 374 F: (08) 8087 2710 E: [email protected]
MIFFYS PLACE
HOLIDAY COTTGES
Delightful, Fully Self Contained Cottages
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Full Kitchen Facilities
Linen and towels provided
Electric blankets
Cooling and Heating
BBQ facilities
TV, DVD and Austar
Cot and Highchair available
Off Street Parking
Tea/Coffee Making
Clean, comfortable affordable accommodation
Pets Welcome
Weekly rates available. Transfers to Airport,
Central Location
Train and Bus Services, by arrangement
Phone Kevin or Marg
08 8088 4560 or 0402 338 343
Miffys Cottage
3 Bedroom - Sleeps 5
Bettys Cottage
2 Bedroom - Sleeps 4
• Clean
• Affordable
• Secure Parking
• Air Conditioned
• Central
Location
• Fully Hosted
• New Family
Ensuite Room
• Continental
Breakfast
Included
AAA ★★★ Rating
230 Oxide Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
P: (08) 8087 1169 / M: 0438 469 034
a cut above the rest!
Quality cottages
Broken Hill
A stones throw away
from the city. Fully self
contained 2/3 bedroom
cottages, cater for couples
and families. Modern
kitchens and bathrooms,
washing machine, enclosed
backyard, BBQ. Secure
Parking, No pets please.
0418 862 260 or 0418 848 109
visit our website for information and bookings
www.emaroocottages.com.au
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Isobel’s Cottage - 456 Beryl St, Broken Hill
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v Hydrangea Cottage - 482 Argent St, Broken Hill
383 Argent Street, Broken Hill
Phone: 08 8088 4488
Broken Hill
Caledonian Accommodation
Bed & Breakfast and Cottages
‘Where the sheets smell of
sunshine and the breakfasts
are just like Mums’
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Isobel’s Cottage can comfortably sleep up to 7 persons
whilst Hydrangea Cottage can comfortably accommodate
9 persons.
Austar (including movie channels) is available.
Beautifully presented, let our cottages make you feel right
at home when you’re next visiting the Silver City.
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Hydrangea & Isobel’s Cottages are conveniently located
within walking distance to the CBD, Shops, Supermarkets,
Pubs & Clubs. Our Cottages are fully self-contained
including all linen and towels, kitchen, bathroom, laundry,
Outdoor Entertaining and BBQ facilities.
Affordable family friendly accommodation.
Web: www.brokenhillcottages.com.au
The Grand Home Away From Home
A Touch of Country Hospitality in the Outback
Our Guests Are Our Business
140 Chloride St
[email protected]
ph: 08 8087 1945
mob: 0403 622 333
Please visit our website-
www.caledonianbnb.com.au
See the Cally Art Directory rst.
Representative works from 30 galleries with
free mudmaps to nd them.
Best coffee in town.
For bookings or information please contact;
Heather Curyer ~ Ph: 08 80875305
313 Argent Street, Broken Hill NSW 2880
Easy to find - follow the Sydney signs
BROKEN HILL LAKE VIEW CARAVAN PARK
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Ensuite Cabins
• Grassed Powered Sites Large Family Villas with 2 separate
bedrooms, 2 with spa-bath, bathroom,
Camp Kitchen
• Private Amenities
large lounge & self-contained kitchen
Disabled Facilities • Swimming Pool
1 Mann Street, Broken Hill
Phone/Fax (08) 8088 2250
All Ensuite amenities with R/C, TV, Microwave
[email protected]
BROKEN HILL
Broken Hill Dining
Great Food ~ Great Service
Great Atmosphere
Ph: 8087 3679 (Restaurant – Dinner 6pm – 9pm)
Ph: 8088 3085 (Bistro – Lunch 12pm – 2pm)
The Place to Eat in Broken Hill
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Family Bistro
Coffee Shop
Keno
Pool Tables
Conference Facilities
Big Screen TV (Austar)
Kids Game Room
Live Entertainment (Weekends)
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Formal dining
Situated within the Southern Cross Hotel complex
357 Cobalt Street, Broken Hill
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Sturt Club
Broken Hill
Ltd
“Your club around the corner”
Keno, TAB, Refreshments at a
reasonable price as well as all the
services clubs used to have. We
also have a modern comfortable
beer garden.
Try the Sturt Restaurant.
Fantastic food at everyday prices.
321 Blende Street, Broken Hill
P: (08) 8087 4541 F: (08) 8088 5538
Come and enjoy the quiet,
friendly atmosphere while
enjoying your favourite
beverage
MULGA HILL TAVERN
TOP VALUE - RELAX & ENJOY - ENTERTAINMENT - MEALS
Licensed Until Late
Drive-in Bottle Shop
Bistro Open ‘till 9pm
Your H osts Dean, Darryn & Karin
Cnr Oxide & Williams Streets Broken Hill
Phone 08 8087 7138 Fax 08 8087 8569
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BROKEN HILL
T H EA ST R A
The Astra is the place to stay when doing
business or just holidaying in Broken Hill.
Situated in the heart of the city & CBD
it provides easy access to retail stores,
art galleries and the cinema.
Our Tapas bar & restaurant is
renowned for its atmosphere and
sumptuous cuisine.
Live entertainment is a regular
feature on the side walk.
Perfect for that weekend away, business
trip, conference or holiday this is a
delightful and intimate boutique style
hotel offering all the comfort and
convenience you would expect.
Cocktail parties, conferences, business
functions and wedding receptions.
The Astra is the ideal venue.
Astra Cottage
Fully contained 2 bedroom home.
Beautifully appointed. 5 minutes drive
from the CBD.
393 Argent Street Broken Hill [p] 08 8087 5428 [f] 08 8087 5585 [e] [email protected] [w] www.theastra.com.au
Next to Cafe Alfresco.
Delivery is available after 5pm.
Regarded as Broken Hill’s best gourmet pizza!
Cafe Alfresco is Broken Hill’s premier fully licensed cafe situated
in the heart of the CBD, open 7 days from 7am until late offering
breakfast, lunch and dinner. Inviting and casual atmosphere
with great outdoor dining facilities.
Pizza, Pasta, Schnitzels, Seafood
397 Argent St. Broken Hill ~ [p] 08 8087 5599
397 Argent St. Broken Hill ~ [p] 08 8088 1727
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Betina’s
Betina’s
Italian Restaurant
Fully Licensed
Open 6 nights
Monday through Saturday from 6:30pm
Located in the Comfort Inn Hilltop complex
271 Kaolin St Broken Hill
Phone 08 8088 2999
BROKEN HILL
VISITORS MOST WELCOME
MUSICIANS CLUB LTD
‘The Club that does more for its members!’
• Allegro’s Bistro Catering for Families
• Two-up
• Live Entertainment Friday & Saturday Nights
• Courtesy Bus & Child Minding
• EFTPOS Facility
276 Crystal St, Broken Hill – Opposite Railway Station T: (08) 8088 1777 www.musiciansclub.com.au
Broken Earth
is our little piece of
Heaven on Earth
Enjoy the spectacular views
whilst dining with us for lunch,
dinner or just coffee and cake.
We pride ourselves on our
great food and superior
service and we promise to
make your experience with
us one to remember.
Open 7 days
Federation Way, Broken Hill Phone: 08 8087 1318
Web: brokenearthrestaurant.com.au
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Miners Memorial: 10am – 5pm
Cafe: 10am – 5pm
Lunch: 11:30am – 2pm
Dinner: 6pm – late
BROKEN HILL
Broken Hill Services
City Centre
CARAVAN
REPAIRS
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Insurance & warranty work
Large range of parts & acc.
Camper trailer hire & sales
Camping accessories
Small welding jobs
New fridges/repairs
Service Agents For:
Friendly service
BROKEN HILL CARAVAN & TRAILER CENTRE
Contact: Brian & Heather P: (08) 8087 1300 M: 0408 858 510
65 RAKOW ST BROKEN HILL W: www.brokenhillcampertrailers.com.au
SWEET’S CAR RENTALS
Rent a car, 4WD or 8-seater!
FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE
Travel in air-conditioned comfort.
Centrally located in Tourism Information
Centre (Cnr Blende and Bromide Streets)
Hertz Travellers World welcomes tourists to
our Speciality shop. We specialise in opals,
jewellery and souvenirs.
SMILE WITH SWEETS
Ph: (08) 8087 2719
Fax: (08) 8087 9759
www.hertz.com.au
Open 7 days
ONLY THE BEST PRODUCTS AT COMPETITIVE PRICES
• Bait • Fishing Tackle • Maps • GPS Products • Largest Range of Gas Fittings in Broken
Hill • Caravan & Camper Trailer Spares & Accessories • All the Latest Tents, Camping
Products, Fridges & Ice Boxes available
71 Oxide Street Broken Hill, NSW 2880
Ph. (08) 8088 1665 Fax. (08) 8088 1664 Email: [email protected]
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Your one-stop shop for:
Outbac
PHARMACIES
Trust the locals for your
100% LOCALLY
OWNED AND
OPERATED
• prescription needs
• over the counter medications
• home health care appliances
for hire or purchase
• cosmetics and fragrance needs
• health advice
South Pharmacy
140 Patton St
Broken Hill
T 08 80872266
C P Peoples Chemist
323 Argent St
Broken Hill
T 08 80873326
EVERYBODY’S
08 8087 2589
Bread and milk
Meat
Fresh fruit and vege
The Cheesecake Shop lines
Frozen foods
Dairy products
Grocery lines
Shopping in
Broken Hill
Centro Westside Galena St, Broken Hill
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For expert service and advice phone
08 8088 6523
or call in to the
Telstra Shop in Shannons Complex
Telstra Licensed Shop Broken Hill – 106 Galena St Broken Hill
Tembys Pharmacy
344 Argent St
Broken Hill
T 08 80873452
OPEN 9am - 9pm 7 days a week
347 Blende St
Fixed Line Telephones
and Connections
Satellite Phones
Full Range of
Accessories
Telstra Bill Payments
Mobile Phones –
Plans and Pre-paid
Broadband –
ADSL and Mobile
Genuine Kangaroo Hide
Stockwhips and Bush
Leathergoods
Handcrafted in store at
Outback Whips
And Leather
Casual country, western and
work clothing, boots and hats.
Saddlery, leather goods, jewellery
and unique gifts.
Your outback trading post at
350 Argent Street, Broken Hill
Ph (08) 8087 8887
www.outbackwhips.com.au
Shop in air conditioned comfort!
‘The Heart of the Hill’
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Ph: (08) 8088 3833
REGIONAL TOURS & TRAVEL
Regional Tours & Travel
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Silver City Tours on inside front cover
Tri State Safaris on back cover
“We know because we go”
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Pick up your camper in Mildura, “The Inland
Oasis City - the gateway to the outback”.
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One hour flight from Melbourne (9 daily), Qantas
and Rex, also direct flights from Sydney.
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Visit numerous National Parks including the
famous world heritage Mungo, Broken Hill
region, wineries and the mighty Murray River.
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Explore this fantastic region with one of our new
fleet of Challenge Off-road Campers from only
$60 per day inc. insurance and GST
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We will arrange everything from start to finish!
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4WD hire available
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Camping with Austrek is a breeze!
P: +61 3 5023 4466 E: [email protected]
The
Outback–
Experience its beauty and vastness...
Have you ever wanted to experience the famous
‘Corner Country’? Explore remote Tibooburra,
spectacular Sturt, Mutawintji & Mungo National Parks
and White Cliffs? Visit Birdsville, the nostalgic
“Dig Tree”and the stunning Flinders Ranges?
See breathtaking Outback scenery and
be far from the hustle and bustle!
We at Outback Explorer Tag-along Tours know our way
around the Outback – we have been conducting our
tours since 1985. Book now for 2008 tag-along tours to
Cameron Corner, Strzelecki, Innamincka and Birdsville.
Outback Explorer Tag-along Tours Broken Hill NSW 2880
T:(08) 8087 5142 F:(08) 8087 6367 E:[email protected]
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Explore the Outback with CountryLink
Visiting Broken Hill? Let CountryLink take the hassle out of getting there!
Travel in air-conditioned comfort with the world-heritage listed Blue Mountains, the rich
pastoral central west countryside and the beautiful Menindee Lakes just outside your window.
CountryLink also provides a comfortable, air-conditioned daily coach service to Broken Hill
that connects with the train at Dubbo.
Call CountryLink to obtain a detailed brochure of our range of great
value Outback packages.
Phone 13 22 32, visit www.countrylink.info or contact your
nearest CountryLink travel centre or licensed travel agent.
Take an Unforgettable Experience with one of our Traditional
Aboriginal Tour Guides through World Heritage Listed
MUNGO NATIONAL PARK
• The Bush Mail Run is a mail
delivery service operating in the
Outback every Wednesday and
Saturday
• Visit an Outback Homestead
for morning tea and meet third
generation landowners Gordon &
Val Gillet at Budgeree Station
• Enjoy your BYO lunch & drinks at
the historic Bindara station on the
Darling River, all in a Modern A/C
4WD
Graham Clarke’s
HARRY NANYA TOURS
Day Tours – April to October
Sunset Tours – November to March
Pick up from your accommodation Wentworth to Mildura
Cost is $120.00 per person* (subject to variation)
*conditions apply
Bookings are recommended
Contact Steve on 0411 102 339 Email [email protected]
Phone: (03) 5027 2076
Web: www.harrynanyatours.com.au
Broken Hill’s Outback Tours
The Region’s Premier Tour Operator
We offer 1 to 10 day fully inclusive tour packages.
Groups are welcome and Customised Itineraries are our Specialty
For more information or a free colour brochure, please call us on
Free Call 1800 670 120
or visit our website
www.outbacktours.net
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The Broken Hill Outback Explorer train departs Sydney every Monday and returns each Tuesday.
And because it is the only daylight train service between Sydney and Broken Hill, you can sit
back, relax and enjoy the amazing journey through the ever changing Australian landscape.
ABORIGINAL HERITAGE
Mutawintji National Park cave paintings
Aboriginal Heritage
Look around - and soak up the spiritual
radiance of this arid land. It is country that
holds deep meaning for its Aboriginal
people, ancestors and descendants. They
have known its contours for 40,000 years,
perhaps longer.
Mutawintji, ‘a place with green grass and
watering holes’, northeast of Broken Hill,
was a ceremonial meeting place for the
nomadic peoples of the desert 5,000 years
ago: the Panjigali, Paakantji, Wiljakali,
Malyangappa and Wanyuparlku, and
tribes from the north and south. They
gathered to exchange news, tell
Dreamtime stories and to perform
initiations, betrothals, ritual combat, rainmaking rites, public corroborees and secret
ceremonies. The rock art and engravings of
Mutawintji are a testimony to those times.
The Wiljakali people traditionally
occupied the lands around Broken Hill,
with its undulating hills of red earth
covered in saltbush and mulga. This land
was less fertile than Danggali and
Paakantji country to the southeast beside
the Darling and the Menindee lakes, but
with more waterholes than the neverending Mundi Mundi plains to the west.
Each year the Wiljakali went to visit the
Paakantji people at the Menindee lakes.
Throughout this country there are scarred
trees and other scattered traces of this era:
middens, quarries, settlement and
ceremonial sites.
Then the white fellas came. Their sheep
grazed the hills. They dug for silver and
fossicked for gold. By the 1870s only the
people of the most arid areas still led
traditional nomadic lives, ranging over vast
areas of terrain to find the items they
needed to subsist.
Many Aboriginal people found work at
the sheep stations but, from the 1880s,
drought and harsh conditions and stationworker numbers declined. Leaving the
stations, they were sent to reservations tent towns in Pooncarie (near Menindee),
Milparinka, Tibooburra and White Cliffs.
Forty years later the region’s Aboriginal
people were hard hit by the 1919 influenza
epidemic.
In 1936, 70 Malyangappa people still
living in their traditional corner country
were trucked east against their will. But
gradually over the last half-century
indigenous people have again come to play
an important role in this part of the
country. Mutawintji National Park was the
first Aboriginal land in Australia to be
‘taken back’ as a National Park by the
descendants of its original homesteaders.
• Living Desert story-line poles,
Broken Hill
Twelve Aboriginal story-line poles are a
contemporary interpretation by Aboriginal
students reflecting past culture.
ABORIGINAL
PLACE NAMES
Willyama
Hill with broken
contour; also, youth
Mundi Mundi
A place with abundant
permanent water
Umberumberka
Native rat hole
Mutawintji
Place of green grass or
meeting place
Menindee
Dried tumble weed
Tibooburra
Place of many rocks
Pooncarie
Giant sand-hill
Wilcannia
A gap in the bank where
flood water escapes
Cobar
(Spelt ‘Kubbar’) Burnt Earth
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National Parks
www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au
MUTAWINTJI
NATIONAL PARK
a short easy stroll or an overnight hike
Mutawintji is special place; you can feel it
Camp under the stars at the Homestead
when you’re there. You may not be able to
Creek Campground, where you
quite put your finger on what it is, but the
can re-invigorate yourself with a
beauty and tranquillity of this place will
shower after a hard day exploring.
remain with you long after you have left.
creeks and waterholes; Mutawintji
in the lives of local Aboriginal people for
is one of the few reliable sources of
a long time. In years gone by it served
water in the area which has made it
as a place for large gatherings where
attractive to both people and animals.
furthered. In 1998, after a long struggle
by the traditional owners, their land
NPWS CONTACT DETAILS
Broken Hill Office
Kinchega NP/Mutawintji NP
Ph: 08 8080 3200
Fax: 08 8080 3201
Paroo-Darling National Park
Ph: 08 8083 7900
Fax: 08 8083 7901
Mungo National Park
Ph: 03 5021 8900
Fax: 03 5022 2037
Sturt National Park
Ph: 08 8091 3308
Fax: 08 8091 3309
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Be inspired by amazing gorges, ephemeral
Mutawintji has been a significant place
business, social and cultural interests were
Grey Kangaroo
there are ample opportunities here.
Located 131 km northeast of Broken Hill
on a largely unsealed dry-weather road.
was returned to them. It is now held by
the Mutawintji Local Aboriginal Land
Council and a Board of Management
oversees the operation of the park.
There are many ways to
experience the park:
View some of the Aboriginal heritage
of Mutawintji and hear how the
features of the landscape in and
around Mutawintji were created on
a guided tour of Mutawintji Historic
Site with a traditional owner.
Immerse yourself in the landscape on one
of the park’s walks; whether you prefer
STURT NATIONAL PARK
This spectacularly diverse park is one
of the largest in NSW. Established
in 1972, it lies in the north-western
most corner of the state near the town
of Tibooburra. ‘The Dog Fence’, the
longest fence in the world and spanning
three states, runs along the northern
and western boundaries of the park.
There are many ways to
experience the park:
Camp out under the stars in one of
the well-maintained campgrounds.
Timber is a rare and precious resource
NATIONAL PARKS
Emu’s in the outback
in this fragile environment so to help
protect it gas barbeques are provided
in each of the campgrounds.
Visit Paroo-Darling National Park and:
Walk to ‘Sturt’s Tree’ across Lake
Pinnaroo and try to imagine what
it might have been like for the first
European explorers visiting Wangkumara
country. Immerse yourself in the
sights and sounds of the desert.
display in the White Cliffs Visitor
You can expect to see euros, kangaroos,
emus, eagles, falcons, and many different
parrots. There are several walks within the
park as well as places to stop and quietly
absorb this fragile and beautiful landscape.
fascinating stories of local people
Discover the area’s history at the
National Parks Visitor Centre and
Courthouse Museum in Tibooburra.
Learn about this fascinating landscape
and its history in the interpretive
Centre; the visitor centre was built in
2004 using ‘clean, green’ technology;
Join a guided Discovery Tour of the
park with a local ranger and hear
and places, past and present.
Kinchega Woolshed
Gaze at the stars in the unblemished night
PAROO-DARLING
NATIONAL PARK
Paroo-Darling National Park is the
newest park in Far Western NSW. It
sky at the Coach and Horses campground
at Wilga. Here you can enjoy an
authentic bush-camping experience
beside the age-old Darling River;
Within the park itself, the Outdoor
Pastoral Museum gives further insight
into the pastoral history of the area.
is made up of several different parcels
Experience the ever-changing Lake
of land and offers a diverse range of
Peery as it cycles through flood and
recreational opportunities. The park
drought and back again. When dry,
Rest at the state-heritage listed, Mt Wood
Homestead. Reservations are required
and can be made at the Visitor Centre.
contains extensive wetlands associated
mound springs from the Great Artesian
with the Paroo River, the last major
Basin become visible on the lake bed.
unregulated river system within the
Take a walk along one of the several
Drive around the park on one of the
self-guided drive tours. Brochures are
available from the Visitor Centre.
Murray-Darling Basin. The Paroo River
walking tracks being developed in the
Wetlands have recently been added to
park. The Visitor Centre can provide
the list of internationally important
information on walking opportunities.
335 km north of Broken Hill,
400 km west of Bourke via an
unsealed dry-weather road.
wetlands recognised under the Ramsar
20 km from White Cliffs or
Convention. The park also protects several
60 km from Wilcannia via an
endangered and vulnerable species.
unsealed dry-weather road
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National Parks
KINCHEGA
NATIONAL PARK
Imagine enjoying a picnic in the shade of a
majestic old River Red Gum on the banks
of the iconic Darling River. Kinchega
National Park extends south from the
town of Menindee in Western New South
Wales. Kinchega was recognised for its
unique and special qualities in 1967 when
it was dedicated as a national park- the
first in Western New South Wales.
The park is a great place to
get back to nature:
Relax, unwind and immerse yourself in
the sights, sounds and smells of the bush.
Catch a glimpse of some of the water birds
who make the river and lakes their home.
See and learn about the plants and
animals of the West Darling country and
experience the diverse and interesting
landscapes of this part of the world.
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Hiking sensibly in the National Parks
transport goods by paddle steamer.
Visit the remains of the paddle steamer
Providence which blew up in 1872.
Explore the famous Kinchega woolshed,
built of local timber during 1872
and listed on the NSW Heritage
Register. Learn about the Paakantji
and European history of the area.
111 km southeast of Broken Hill, near
Menindee. Park roads may close after rain.
MUNGO NATIONAL PARK
Mungo National Park has been
recognised for its outstanding universal
value as part of the Willandra Lakes
Region World Heritage Area and is
well-known for the record it preserves
of ancient lives and stories.
The park is also significant in the lives
of contemporary Aboriginal people,
many of whom are involved in the
present day management of the park.
Mungo is a fragile and sensitive place
that is being managed to protect its
special qualities for future generations.
Come and experience this amazing
landscape for yourself:
Take a sunset tour with the traditional
owners on a guided Discovery Tour.
See and photograph the renowned
Walls of China lunette.
Learn about the archaeology of the park,
there is an interesting and informative
display in the park Visitor Centre.
Explore the pastoral heritage of
the park; the lands surrounding the
park are Western Lands pastoral
leases running mainly sheep.
The Darling River at Kinchega was
and continues to be significant in
the lives of the traditional owners,
the Paakantji people, and the park
is rich in culture and history.
Drive through this amazing landscape,
the Drive Tour takes you across the
ancient bed of Lake Mungo and
over the lunette with opportunities
to stop and immerse yourself in this
unique landscape along the way.
In the second half of the 1800s,
when non-Indigenous people moved
into the area, the river was used to
320 km south of Broken Hill,
via Menindee along a largely
unsealed dry-weather road.
Rainbow Bee Eater
NATIONAL PARKS
Far West National Parks
unique experiences, stunning landscapes
Mutawintji
Mungo
Sturt
Kinchega
Paroo-Darling
National Park
National Park
National Park
National Park
National Park
Ph: (08) 8080 3200
Ph: (03) 5021 8900
Ph: (08) 8091 3308
Ph: (08) 8080 3200
Ph: (08) 8083 7900
Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW
www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au
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Silverton
Camel at Silverton
www.silverton.org.au
250 by September 1883, double that by
December and 1700 a year later, all living
in slapdash huts of iron and canvas.
Many of the diggers came from South
Australia’s copper mines, depleted
by that time. Silverton also had a
reputation for harbouring various
Peter Browne’s Artwork
undesirables - horse stealers, cattle
duffers and mining sharks. Silverton’s
You’ve already seen Silverton - on the
silver screen. This outback ghost town
is the scene for more than 140 films
and commercials; Bryan Brown’s Dirty
Deeds, Mad Max ll, Priscilla Queen of
the Desert, XXXX beer ads, and the Royal
Flying Doctor series to name just a few.
Cinematographers are attracted by the
clear light, the colonial buildings full of
character and haphazardly placed, the
wide streets, the famous pub and the
magnificently evocative scenery. Silverton
is the ideal image of an outback town.
Prospectors began working in the
area in 1867, after hearing of a gold
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high-grade ore was quickly taken.
With the boom in Broken Hill, many
owners carted their homes to the
Silver City and, by 1901, Silverton
was home to only 286 people.
Now Silverton is a picturesque cluster
of buildings, with a restored gaol, some
art galleries and artists’ studios and the
celebrated Silverton Hotel, with its desert
backdrop, a replica of Mad Max’s car
household items and pastoral and
mining equipment. One document
is a bill of sale by which James Poole
tragically exchanged his share in the
new Broken Hill 10 mine for steers.
One of the real curiosities
is the coroner’s bath!
This was filled with preservative
and bodies were placed in it until
the coroner came from Sydney.
In the days before the railway this
could take up to three months.
• Mundi Mundi Lookout
On the edge of the world. From the
top of the hill the flatlands of the
Mundi Mundi plain stretch out for
an eternity. Self-guided walk. Take a
champagne picnic! Stay on the sealed
road beyond Silverton to the lookout.
in front and film memorabilia inside.
25 km northwest of Broken
Hill, sealed road.
• Silverton Gaol (1889)
find by a local station hand. Some
Only a few years after the gaol
years later, two men drilling a well on
was built, all of the action shifted
Thackaringa station to the south hit a
to Broken Hill. Now a museum, it
lode of silver. Silverton’s population was
displays photographs, documents,
Main Street on Horseback
SILVERTON
Silverton
WHAT TIME IS IT ?
Silverton
Central Standard Time.
• Umberumberka Reservoir
large hall for hire with power, kitchen
There is a lookout with vast views
to the horizon and a self-guided
facilities, a playground, a grassed
SILVERTON
oval, aviaries, day and night-time
Level 3 Visitor Information
Centre (Beyond 39 Dips)
• Heritage Walk • Old School
House (Dame Mary Gilmore)
• Old Cemetery (back of Penrose
Park) • Ice Cream Parlour (not in
service) • Silverton Tea Rooms
• Silverton Hotel • Museum Gaol
• Galleries • The pub
• Umberumberka lookout
• Mundi Mundi lookout.
tennis and other sports facilities. 3
walk through the workings. The
cabins on site. (08) 8088 5307.
reservoir dates from 1915. The
reservoir is just beyond the Mundi
Mundi Lookout - approx 6 km.
• Silverton Youth Camp
Dormitory accommodation for 52 in
seven rooms, with kitchen, fridges,
• Penrose Park
A popular picnic spot with wood
and gas barbecues, powered caravan
and camping sites with amenities, a
showers, double bunks with mattresses
and pillows. Open fireplace.
Mrs Tweedie (08) 8087 3006.
BEYOND 39 DIPS
Silverton
War Memorial Youth Camp Trust
Accommodates 52 people 7 rooms
Situated approximately 30km from Broken Hill.
Camp is walking distance from Penrose Park (tennis courts, large
oval, playground etc.) and from a small store with telephone.
Level 3 Accredited Visitor
Information Centre for helpful
advice & local knowledge.
• Facilities - kitchen with stove, electric refrigerator & freezer, some
cooking utensils & odd pieces of crockery & cutlery.
• Hot and cold showers connected to septic system.
• Double bunks with mattresses and pillows however campers are to
provide own bedding.
• Gas BBQ available and large trestles and chairs can be set up in hall.
• Open fire place in large hall with wood supplied.
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PETER BROWNE
Country Cottage
GALLERY
Situated in a unique tranquil setting, Blue Bush is within
walking distance to Silverton town and its attractions.
• Self Contained Cottage: All linen and bedding supplied
• 2 bedrooms: Sleeps 4 (1 queen bed & 2 singles) • BBQ • No pets
• Open plan kitchen and dining facilities • Air-conditioned • Gas heating
Silverton Heights, Silverton
Open 7days 9am–5pm
• $60 per night (up to 2 persons ~ $20 per person thereafter) • Non-Smoking
Ph: 08 8087 9179
For all enquiries & bookings, phone
John & Joan on 08 8088 5506
• Assorted artists work on display • Unique gift lines
• Silver jewellery • Aboriginal artwork
ORIGINAL OUTBACK ARTWORK
Eldee Station
ART GALLERY
World Renowned Outback Artist
Open 7 days, 9am-5pm
Silverton Heights, NSW 2880
Ph/Fax 8087 9700
Mob 0429 079 700
[email protected]
www.johndynon.com.au
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Discover the real Outback with a touch of luxury at Eldee Station.
Eldee Station is a working sheep and cattle station boasting great outback
hospitality with fully catered accommodation. Spend your days relaxing or
exploring and enjoy homestead cooking in “The Café” which is packed with
outback memorabilia and stories. Just 35 minutes from Broken Hill, award
winning Eldee Station is the quintessential outback station experience.
For all Bookings and Enquiries Contact Naomi and Stephen Schmidt
T: 08 80912578 E: [email protected]
Eldee Station Via Broken Hill NSW 2880
www. el deest at i o n. com
H O R I ZO N
G ALLE RY
S I LVE RTO N
Est.1987
WOODROFFE ARTISTS
Among the most respected Galleries
in Outback Australia.
The Gallery hosts the studios of husband and wife
team Albert & Bronwen Woodroffe. Other featured
artists include Clark Barrett, J E Jones, Lindsay
Womersley, Warwick Fuller FRAS and Indigenous
artist Mandy Kemp. A selection of sculpture, pottery,
silk, silver jewellery, emu oil products and cards.
OPEN DAILY
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web: www.horizongalleries.com.au
email: [email protected]
phone / fax 08 8088 5331
CORNER COUNTRY
Tibooburra Pioneer Park
Corner Country
Milparinka, Tibooburra and Corner Country
CORNER COUNTRY
Corner Country, the area bordered
by the South Australian and
Queensland sections of the dingo
fence, is a whole outback region just
waiting to be discovered. It is very
accessible with a partially sealed
highway through the centre and well
maintained arterial roads throughout.
The Corner Country is famously
known for having the most remote
communities in the state, Tibooburra
and Milparinka, as well as Cameron
Corner where three states meet.
It is also home to two amazing
national parks, Sturt which surrounds
Tibooburra, and Mutawintji.
With vast and often rugged landscapes
of desert ranges, gibber plains, mesas
and dune-fields, the area provides a
habitat for many native animals and
birds. Rain can spectacularly transform
the Corner Country and create
carpets of spring wildflower colour.
For thousands of years the Corner
Country was the traditional area
for the Wongkumara, Wadigali and
Malyangapa people. Throughout the
region are scattered traces of middens,
quarries, campsites, ceremonial and
tool-production sites. Tibooburra itself
means ‘heaps of rocks’ in the language
of the local Aboriginal people, after
the granite outcrops surrounding
the town, whilst Milparinka is said
to mean “water is found here”.
First explored by Charles Sturt in
1845, the Corner Country was soon
settled by pastoralists, and later by gold
miners. Each era has left significant
historical places within the region, such
as Sturt’s Depot Glen near Milparinka,
and each tells a story of hardship and
courage in the face of adversity.
Today, station and townspeople
have come together to create Corner
Country Tracks and Accommodation
Network, an innovative and exciting
new way to get to know this quite
amazing region. Whether you follow
Sturt’s Steps, Cobb and Co Tracks or
a Travelling Stock Route the Corner
Country is “where you’ll want to go”.
TIBOOBURRA
You’ll get a warm country welcome
in this typically outback town, the
hottest town in New South Wales.
Originally known as The Granites or
Granite Rush, Tibooburra was born
after the discovery of gold at Mount
Browne and then Tibooburra in 1881.
That year nearly 1000 miners arrived
in the town. Although, yields were
disappointing the purity of the gold
was outstanding. Lack of water was
a chronic problem and the harsh
conditions proved too much for many
miners. Many succumbed to dehydration
and disease, but the town, with its
late Victorian streetscape, survived.
Pastoral enterprises continued as
gold fever subsided in the early
twentieth century, and Tibooburra
carried on providing services to
townsfolk and the many property
owners and workers of the district.
The town’s main historic buildings, built
of local stone, are the courthouse and
the two pubs, The Family Hotel (1882),
famous for murals and paintings by some
of Australia’s most renowned artists,
and the Tibooburra Hotel (1882), with
its wall of old hats. Some Tibooburra
homes are more than a century old.
And yes, some resourceful
fossickers still find gold today.
Tibooburra is the access point to
Cameron Corner, Sturt National Park,
the Dog “dingo” fence and the South
Australian and Queensland borders.
www.tibooburra.org
Tibooburra Telecentre. 08 80913388
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Corner Country
Lone Tree
WHAT TIME IS IT ?
Corner Country
Eastern Standard Time
MILPARINKA
OUTBACK SECRETS
•
Explore old buildings and ruins
First town of the Corner Country
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Encounter the flora and fauna
of Sturt National Park
•
Call into the National Parks
office in Tibooburra for
information and museum.
Winner: 2007 Tourism New South
Wales Encouragement Award
Milparinka owes its existence to an ancient
Aboriginal waterhole in Evelyn Creek
where thirsty miners of the nearby Albert
Goldfields pitched their tents in the 1870s.
•
Many of the sandstone homes,
hotels, and shops of the early
township have long gone, but recent
award-winning preservation work
has saved the courthouse, police
station, police kitchen and gaol.
•
Annual Milparinka Gymkhana
held in early July
•
Annual Milparinka Field
& Game Shoot
•
View the grave of James Poole, Sturt’s
second in command, at Depot Glen
• Walks and cemetery
•
Measure up at Sturt’s Cairn
• Historic buildings
•
Take a close look at the murals
at the Family Hotel and hat
wall at the Tibooburra Hotel
• Access to Poole’s Cairn
and Evelyn Creek
Today these buildings form a Heritage
Precinct in which each is used to
interpret the region’s history; Sturt’s
expedition, Burke and Wills, what was
at Milparinka, the region’s mining and
cameleer heritage, the pastoral industry,
our region’s rich natural heritage and more.
Visiting Volunteers manage the
Information Centre and souvenir
shop located in the former police
station and provide a cheery welcome
to travellers to Milparinka.
A heritage trail leads to ruins of the
bank, post office and school, and the
local historic cemetery, and picnic
areas in native parks provide shelter.
Accommodation, meals, and fuel are
available from the Milparinka Hotel.
Milparinka is the gateway to Sturt’s
Depot Glen, the Mount Browne
goldfields, and all great touring
tracks across the Corner Country.
Milparinka Visitor Information Centre
operates from late March until October.
Call 08 80913862.
For all other enquiries call 08 80912524
www.outbacknsw.com.au
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Follow the Milparinka Historic
Walking Trail and walk through
the pioneer cemetery
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•
Visit the historic Milparinka
Courthouse and Heritage Centre
(1886), Police Barracks and Cells
and Hotel (licensed 1882)
Phone (08) 8091 3308
•
Cross the borders of the three
states at Cameron Corner.
MILPARINKA
• 1 Hotel
• Fuel
TIBOOBURRA
Visit the Old Tibooburra
Courthouse museum
• 2 Hotels, 1 Motel
Hear the School of the Air in action.
• Fuel & minor
mechanical repairs
For bookings phone (08) 8091 3317
• Caravan Park & Cabins
• Corner Store
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Learn about Charles Sturt’s
ill-fated expedition
•
Tour the sandstone escarpment,
rolling red dunes, rocky outcrops
and Sturt National Park
• Access to Sturt National
Park, Cameron Corner, Great
view from the lookout!
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Play outback golf
• School of The Air
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Go fossicking
• National Park office
•
Annual Tibooburra Gymkhana
and Rodeo - held late
September, early October
•
Visit Tibooburra’s Pioneer Park
and wonder what a whale boat
was doing in the desert
•
Come to Tibooburra for New Year’s
Eve Mini Rodeo and Bikekhana
• Tibooburra Police
(08) 8091 3303
PACKSADDLE
• Accommodation
• Fuel
• Food
CAMERON CORNER
• Fuel
• Accommodation
• Food
CORNER COUNTRY
Sun setting on rocky outcrop
Corner Country
OUTBACK NEW SOUTH WALES
“Where I want to go”
CORNER COUNTRY TOURING TRACKS
AND ACCOMMODATION NETWORK
History and nature combine to provide a total Corner Country experience.
Travel along exciting new touring itineraries based on Sturt’s expedition,Cobb
and Co tracks, or historic stock routes. Stay at station homesteads and campsites
or famous outback hotels and parks.Visit www.outbacknsw.com.au for more
information, or request a brochure from the Broken Hill Visitor Information Centre.
Pioneer’s Sculpture
Tibooburra
Corner Country Store
Our country Café with pleasant
garden surroundings is open all
day for a home cooked meal,
cappucinos and a selection of
home baked goodies.
True country hospitality!
Open 7 days from 7am to 7pm.
7pm
Ph: 08 8091 3333
F: 08 8091 3331
Be sure to visit the Milparinka Heritage Precinct and Visitor
Information Centre March-October T: 08 80913862.
Alternately call 08 80912524 E: [email protected]
,R6MMB
Historic Outback retreat with all the comforts of home
Only 20 minutes drive from the
town of Tibooburra, and located
within the magnificent Sturt
National Park, the homestead
offers high-quality self-catering
accommodation in tranquil
surroundings. Mt Wood is
the ideal base from which
to experience this amazing
landscape and its treasures.
Contact Tibooburra Office of NPWS: 08 8091 3308
Granites Motel
• Cold beer on tap
• Pool Table
• Accommodation
• Fully air-conditioned
Dinner served nightly
from 6:30- 8:30pm
Happy Hour every Friday 6pm-7pm
Ph: 08 8091 3310 F: 08 8091 3406
& Caravan Park
Briscoe Street, Tibooburra
Accommodation includes
motel, cottage and cabin
accommodation, caravan
and campsites.
Contact Mavis on 08 80913305
Fax: 08 80913340
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Outlying Townships
White Cliffs Gymkhana
Wilcannia, Tilpa, Louth, White Cliffs
WILCANNIA
corrugated iron and timber, it’s full of
30 - but what hasn’t changed is Louth’s
Wilcannia was once known as the
outback character - and characters, too.
reputation for staging a great party.
Queen City of the West. Situated on the
Tilpa itself was a busy river port in the era
banks of the Darling River and settled
when bales of wool were transported by
in the 1860s, Wilcannia became the
paddle-steamer, not road train. There is
transport hub for the region’s pastoral
good fishing - plenty of Murray cod - and
industry from the 1880s - and the
boating on the Darling near Tilpa. The
third largest inland port in Australia.
of watching the horses thunder past
region has prolific birdlife and abundant
Several beautiful and architecturally
the winning post in a cloud of dust.
wildlife, making it a fine destination for
impressive buildings made of local
camping, bird-watching and bushwalking.
sandstone date from that boom era.
This takes the form of an annual race
meeting that keeps the crowds coming
back year after year. Racegoers love the
sheer isolation of Louth, the colourful
bush characters and the experience
Many racing enthusiasts arrive in Louth
the week leading up to the race day and
The town is surrounded by huge sheep
set up camp on the banks of the Darling
Take the heritage walk or short drive
stations and is close to several National
River or at the racecourse, where firewood
around town for a glimpse of former glory.
Parks. Nearby Kallara station hosts
and bathroom facilities are provided.
Significant buildings and structures are
visitors for an outback and river holiday.
the court house, the gaol, the school with
WHITE CLIFFS
its murals, the post office with its iron
lacework, as well as the National Trustlisted centre-lift bridge and old wharf.
199km SE of Broken Hill
TILPA
Sign your name on the bar wall at
Tilpa’s famous Royal Hotel, a real bush
pub on the banks of the Darling.
A hundred years old and made of
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LOUTH - DARLING
RIVER HISTORY
Turning off the Barrier Highway, White
Henry Lawson knew a great town when
road. A true sunburnt country, many of the
he saw one. The legendary bush poet
locals’ homes are underground. To escape
once penned a poem called ‘Louth on
the summer heat, these underground
the Darling’ in which he describes the
homes, called “dugouts” were built in
Darling River township as a place that
opal mine shafts where the temperature
loved ‘a drink, a party and a punt’.
is constant throughout the year.
Things might have changed since Lawson
Kangaroo shooters first found the fiery
wrote those immortal words - the mighty
white crystal opals on the ground in
riverboats no longer rule the Darling and
1889 and a year later the rush was on
today Louth has a population of around
with the first claim being registered.
Cliffs is 94 km from Wilcannia on a sealed
OUTLYING TOWNSHIPS
Wilcannia Post Office
WHAT TIME IS IT ?
Western Region
By the turn of the 20th century about
our ‘clean, green’ building is solar powered
4000 people were digging and sifting
and energy efficient to minimise its impact
for treasure, creating the lunar landscape
on the surrounding area. Ref pg 45.
that remains. There are more than 50,000
abandoned mineshafts; the ground
255 km NE of Broken Hill.
Take this opportunity to stay
underground. It’s a fantastic, unforgettable
THE ROMANCE OF OPAL
experience. Facilities in White Cliffs
White Cliffs has the distinction of
The National Park Visitor Centre at
include above and below ground
being the first commercial opal field in
White Cliffs is your starting point to
accommodation, Bed & Breakfasts,
Australia. It was from this field that opal
discovering Paroo-Darling National Park.
hotel/motel, underground motel, caravan
was marketed overseas. On the 28th
Take your time and learn more about our
park and camping sites. White Cliffs
July 1994, opal was declared Australia’s
river people, river places and river life.
also offers petrol and diesel, meals and
national gemstone. Opal is also the
Located at a key crossroad in White Cliffs,
refreshments, a sealed airstrip and Avgas.
birthstone for those born in October.
looks as though it’s covered in anthills.
Trilby Station
“Quiet walks along the riverbank
with only the kangaroos for
company, a charming cottage by a
fabulous pool, scrumptious country
meals that even my husband had
trouble finishing and many happy
conversations with the Murray’s– all
in the midst of the outback. A most
rewarding experience enriched by
the local history, particularly Liz’s
Mud Map tours.” A Gledson May 07
As s
e
on G en
Liz & Gary Murray
Outd reat
o
‘Trilby Station’
Dest o r s &
inati
Louth NSW 2840
ons
Ph: 02 6874 7420
www.trilbystation.com.au
Kallara
Outback Stay
The Perfect Outback Holiday
“On the Darling River”
River”Tilpa
Tilpa NSW
• Perfect comfort in A/C
Coolabah Lodge or the
Fisherman’s Lodge
• Riverside camp sites/powered
& unpowered
• Modern facilities
• Rest assured
• Fun fishing, exploring, photography
Phone: (02) 6837 3963
Fax: (02) 6837 3691
www.kallarastation.com.au
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Outlying Townships
Bush Road
THE SCIENCE OF OPAL
CONTACT
• Accommodation
The opal phenomenon is called
White Cliffs Opal Fields and
• Underground Accommodation
‘play of colour’. It is caused by the
Tourist Association
• Shopping
diff raction of light set up by the layers
Ph/Fax: (08) 8091 6705
• Station stays
of silica spheres in its composition.
DISCOVER THE REGION
• Fuel
• Fishing
• Pubs
OUTBACK SECRETS
• Fruit Fly information p68
•
Grab a mudmap (usually dry!)
• Louth Races held in August
Contact Liz (02) 6874 7420
•
Pick up a heritage trail map and
White Cliffs Diggings
journey back to an earlier era
WHITE CLIFFS
OPAL PIONEER RESERVE
CARAVAN & CAMPING
TOURIST PARK
W: www.babs.com.au/pj E: [email protected]
PJs UNDERGROUND
Bed & Breakfast
AAA ★★★✩
LIVE UNDERGROUND, OUTBACK LUXURY
FRIENDLY, PERSONAL SERVICE
AN OASIS IN AN ARID LANDSCAPE
(08) 8091 6626
• As seen on TV
• 6 B&B Rooms
• 3 Family Rooms
• Opal mine tour
• Fossick for Opal
on our roof
• Opal showroom
• Bush garden
& BBQ
Ph/F: (08) 8091 6688
WHITE CLIFFS
UNDERGROUND MOTEL
• Sleep deep in one of 30
underground rooms
• On license restaurant & bar
• Conference rooms
• Largest undergraound Motel
in the world
Ph 08 8091 6677 Fax 08 8091 6654
www.undergroundmotel.com.au
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WHITE
TE CL
CLIF
IFFS
FS HO
HOT
T EL MOTEL
• Ice cold beer
• Air-conditioned ensuite
accommodation
• Dining facilities
• Ice, diesel & Avgas available
• EFTPOS facilities
• 10% discount to seniors
GRAHAM & MAXINA WELLINGS
for accommodation
Ph (08) 8091 6606
•
Coaches & fly-ins welcome
Fax (08) 8091 6782
W: www.whitecliffshotelmotel.com.au
OUTLYING TOWNSHIPS
Discover
CENTRAL DARLING SHIRE
Outback NSW
With an area of almost 52,000 square kilometres and a population of 2,000 residents, the Central Darling Shire is one of the
most sparsely populated outback areas of New South Wales. Offering the close encounters with wildlife, contrasting landscapes,
solitude, 4WD adventures, pioneering heritage and indigenous culture, the Central Darling Shire is appealing to everyone.
Wilcannia: The small town of Wilcannia
has a rich and vibrant history. Once known as
the “Queen City of the West”, it was the third
largest shipping port in Australia. In the boom
years of the 1880’s, sandstone was quarried
locally for the beautiful buildings that stand
today in the main street.
Wilcannia provides many services for
the traveller including hotel and motel
accommodation, a golf club and a beautiful
caravan park situated on the banks of the
Darling River. Wilcannia has a large aboriginal
community, being the traditional home of the
Barkindji people (barka meaning river).
Menindee: An oasis in the Outback,
Menindee is an easy 110km drive on a
sealed road from Broken Hill. Located close
to Kinchega National Park visitors can enjoy
spectacular views of the Menindee Lakes and
the Darling River, as well as close encounters
with local wildlife. Menindee and the
surrounding waterways provide an interesting
contrast to the semi-arid desert that
surrounds them.
Menindee provides an opportunity for bird
watchers and inland ¿shers to indulge their
passion. The Main Weir gives visitors access
to Lakes Pamamaroo and Wetherell and
you can look at the Burke & Wills campsite.
Photographers will enjoy the spectacular
sunsets over the lakes.
White Cliffs: Australia’s ¿rst opal ¿eld,
once home to over 4000 hardy souls. Dugout
homes, opal showrooms and the historic opal
¿elds that create a vivid lunar landscape. A
visit, a noodle (fossick) and an overnight stay
in this unique outback town is must, you never
know your luck!”
The town is well serviced with both above and
underground accommodation, National Parks
information Centre, food and fuel.
White Cliffs is a fascinating place with a
number of attractions including the Solar
Power Station, opal mine workings and
art galleries.
Ivanhoe: Situated on the Cobb Highway,
220 kilometres northwest of Hay and part of
the Long Paddock Touring Route is the village
of Ivanhoe. Friendly people, landscaped
recreational areas and a self guided Heritage
Trail enable visitors to gain an insight into the
town’s interesting past. You can retrace the
exploits of bushrangers, the journeys of Cobb
& Co and the advent of the railways as you
follow the trail. Born through hard work and
determination, Ivanhoe represents the classic
outback pastoral town.
Tilpa: 130kms north of Wilcannia, there’s
a classic Outback pub where you can
immortalise your name on the pub’s tin wall.
HIGHLIGHTS
The Darling River Run - A great 4WD Adventure
829 kms of heritage and landscape running between
Brewarrina and Wentworth.
Tilpa Hotel: 130kms north of Wilcannia, there’s a
classic Outback pub where you can immortalise your
name on the pub’s tin wall.
Kinchega National Park – Great camping sites on
the Darling River and Menindee Lakes
White Cliffs Opal Fields – Discover shafts and
diggings and try ‘noodling’ in the opal dumps.
Paroo-Darling National Park – a new park near
White Cliffs, presenting an insight into the unique
Àora, fauna, landscapes, ecosystems and cultural
heritage of this outback desert environment.
Wilcannia’s Heritage Sandstone Buildings
- In the boom years of the 1880’s sandstone was
quarried locally for the beautiful buildings that stand
today as a reminder of those heady days.
CENTRAL DARLING SHIRE COUNCIL
Council Chambers, 21 Reid Street, Wilcannia NSW 2836
T: 08 8083 8900 F: 08 8091 5994
E: [email protected] W: www.centraldarling.nsw.gov.au
All unsealed roads can be closed during wet weather. Road condition information
for Central Darling Shire Council may be obtained by phoning
08 8091 5155 24 hours a day. Ensure you have adequate fuel to reach your
destination. Fuel available in Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tilpa, White Cliffs & Wilcannia.
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Menindee Region
afternoon angling under a red gum
sites to uncover a colourful past
could be your idea of heaven.)
featuring local characters, Ah Chung’s
The lakes and river are great for water
sports: water-skiing, sailing and
and a cast of local characters.
swimming. Copi Hollow, a man-made
The Menindee Lakes make a striking
lake, has been developed for speedboats,
contrast to the desert that surrounds
water-skiing, sailing and swimming.
them, but now the desert is blooming
Bring your binoculars - the lakes and
with table grapes, citrus, apple and
MENINDEE
surrounding wetlands are an important
stone fruit orchards, tomato, and
The Menindee (man made) Lakes have
the capacity to hold three and a half
times the volume of Sydney Harbour
and is seven and a half times the area.
habitat for over 200 different bird
vegetable fields. With modern irrigation,
species, among them many waterbirds
Menindee has a rapidly developing
- they’re keen on the fishing too.
horticultural industry. A pipeline running
No wonder that the town of Menindee,
on the banks of the tree-lined Darling
River, is an oasis in the Outback.
The sunsets are gorgeous: artists
and photographers take note.
have been the source of some of the
Wildlife on the lakes
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bakehouse, the Maidens Hotel
The dry sand-dunes around the lakes
from Menindee provides Broken Hill
with a regular supply of water.
most prolific and early remnants of
Outside town is the historic Burke
human existence anywhere in the
and Wills campsite. In Kinchega
world - fossils and marked stones
National Park see the woolshed and
of the Paakantji people and their
the boiler from the paddle steamer
Menindee sits amongst approximately
12 overflow lakes of the Menindee
Lakes Storage Scheme. River red gums
shade the shoreline and the skies fill
with the colour and noise of birds. It
is 110km southeast of Broken Hill.
ancestors dating back 26,000 years.
Providence disaster from 1872.
This is one of the finest freshwater
fishing spots in NSW, with Murray
cod, golden perch (yellow belly), silver
perch, catfish and yabbies. (A lazy
Road), one marked by the survey team
NSW 2879
in 1882 and one in Yatala Street that
Ph: 08 8091 4274
Menindee was the first town on the
Darling. Be sure to find the three
historic trees - one marked by the
Burke and Wills expedition in 1860
showing their campsite (Main Weir
marks the height of the 1890 floods.
Take a heritage walk past 19 historic
VISITOR INFORMATION
CENTRE & TOURIST SHOP
Menindee Street, Menindee
www.outbacknow.com.au
MENINDEE REGION
Menindee Lakes at sunset
WHAT TIME IS IT ?
Menindee Region
FATAL STEAMBOAT
ACCIDENT NEAR
MENINDEE
last expression when the boiler burst and
the steamer was blown into fragments.
BURKE & WILLS
IN MENINDEE
John Davis (captain), Edward Sparkes
The explorers Burke and Wills reached
The Providence Disaster Pastoral
Times, 23 November 1872
(engineer), John Roach (fireman)
Kinchega station in October 1860,
and Thomas Gunn, Chinaman
bound for the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The steamer Providence, when steaming
down the river laden with wool, was
blown into fragments by the bursting
of the boiler. Four men were killed and
another blown into the air, his leg being
broken in the fall. An enquiry was held
at Kinchega Station, Darling River, by
J Mair, Esq., P.M. on 11th November,
the verdict being that the deceased
were killed by the bursting of the boiler
on board the steamer Providence.
(cook) were killed. Charles Seymour
They journeyed on to Menindee
was thrown a considerable distance
by land track and stayed at Paine’s
into the air and fell into the river,
Hotel, now known as Maidens Hotel.
receiving no injury but a broken leg.
Menindee was then the last outpost
before the vast interior. The expedition
IVANHOE
Born through hard work and
determination, Ivanhoe represents
the classic outback pastoral town.
party included 15 men, 23 horses,
27 camels and 21 tons of stores.
Continuing north, about 18 km upstream
at Pamamaroo Creek, they set up a base
camp. On 19 October, Burke, Wills and
Battling through tough times and good,
a small party including Dost Mahomet
The steamer Providence (Captain John
Davis) left Menindee on the 9th instant,
loaded with wool and towing a barge,
also loaded with wool, for Adelaide.
floods and crippling droughts, Ivanhoe
left Pamamaroo Creek and headed north.
and other towns like it have earned
The rest of the expedition party stayed at
their place in Australia’s annals.
Pamamaroo Creek for several months.
There were six men on board the
steamer, and two men and a boy on the
barge. When about nine miles down
the river from Menindee the captain
was heard to say, ‘Stop her’, which was
done (something being amiss with the
paddles). He then called out, ‘One stroke
ahead’, and immediately afterwards,
‘Stop her’ - but he scarcely uttered the
bushrangers, the journeys of Cobb & Co.
While in Ivanhoe, retrace the exploits of
and the advent of the railway as you follow
the Ivanhoe Heritage Trail and experience
the early days of the Australian outback.
Ivanhoe offers accommodation, a licensed
club and restaurant, hotel, cafés, post
office, fuel, general store, arts and crafts.
Pelicans at the lakes
200km east of Menindee.
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Menindee Region
Pelicans at the lakes
MENINDEE
• Post Office
• Police Station
• Tours - birds and fishing
• 2 Hotels
• 1 Motel
• Fuel
Kinchega Woolshed
• General Store
• Café
• Public Toilets
• Camping & Caravan Parks
FISHING RESPONSIBLY
Recreational Fishing fees
apply in New South Wales.
For further information please
refer to the NSW Department
of Primary Industries.
Ph: 1300 369 365
Website: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au
KINCHEGA STATION
PASTORAL PROPERTY
Now part of the National Park, in
the late 1800s Kinchega covered one
million acres and ran 143,000 sheep.
The station was a stop for the river’s
paddle steamers. Steam engines were
used to irrigate the paddocks as early
as 1875 and the station prospered as a
sheep run shepherded almost entirely by
Aboriginal people. Kinchega was also one
of the first properties to experiment with
bores, striking water at 250 feet in 1879.
KINCHEGA WOOLSHED
Here, six million sheep were shorn over
the course of a century. At its peak in
the 1880s there were stands for 62 blade
shearers. The remains of the homestead
and cemetery are nearby, as well as an
old water regulator and trough used to
furnish the homestead with water. The
homestead, built of locally kilned bricks,
probably in the 1850s, was used as an
overseer’s house and stockmen’s quarters
from 1872 to the 1940s. Bunk down
in the old shearer’s quarters - a great
base for exploring the park and/or for
boating, bird-watching and fishing trips.
Copi Hollow Caravan Park
15 kilometres West of Menindee on the shores of the Copi Hollow
• 4 On-site Cabins, Shaded Powered & Unpowered Sites • Clean, Modern Amenities
• Boatramp • Barbeques • Ice and Gas available • Kiosk • Resident Caretaker
Phone/Fax: (08) 8091 4880
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MENINDEE REGION
Menindee
The first town on the Darling River
Kinchega National Park
Camping is available along the Darling River, Emu Lake, or facing
west over Lake Cawndilla for fantastic sunsets. If you are looking for
alternative accommodation, why not try out the Shearers Quarters.
Discovery tours are available during school holidays (except summer).
Contact the Broken Hill Office
T: (08) 8080 3200 F: (08) 8080 3201
Bindara
on the Darling
–Est 1849–
Experience the Outback, the river, the history, the lifestyle on our eco
friendly property. Share memorable evenings around the campfire.
Camp-oven meals available......stay in the Outback with Friends!
Cottage/DoubleRms/Bunkhouse/Campsites
Hosts Bill & Barb T:08 80917412 M: 0429 917 412
E:[email protected] W:bindarastation.com
Burke Wills
Menindee Motel
Yartla St Menindee, PO Box 111 Menindee NSW 2879
T: (08) 8091 4313
F: (08) 8091 4406
River Lady Tours
Cruises and Boat Trips from Main Weir, Menindee. Photography,
Bird-watching, Art, Fishing, History & Fun. Groups catered for.
Enjoy everything the Darling River & her Wetlands has to offer!
Please phone Malcolm T: (08) 8091 4125 M:0427 195 336
The Historic
Your hosts are:
Wayne Williams
Noeline Ratcliff
Open 7 days a week with a great selection of cold beers and refreshments.
Select from our Country-style Counter Menu, available for both lunch and dinner.
T: (08) 8091 4208
F: (08) 8091 4334
MENINDEE REGIONAL TOURIST CENTRE
Visitor Information Centre & Tourist Shop. History Archives & Free History Tour Map.
Hear local stories & colourful history from our volunteers Fishing Licences & Train Ticket Sales
PO Box 208, Menindee Ph/Fax: 08 80914 274 E: [email protected]
W: www. outbacknow.com.au/menindee
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Wentworth Region
Paddle Steamer
THE WENTWORTH REGION
the region’s restaurants offer a range of cuisines.
At the meeting of Australia’s two great rivers, the
Wine buffs are also well catered for.
Darling (2740 km) and the Murray (2530 km), is the
264 km south of Broken Hill.
historic port of Wentworth, in Wentworth shire.
The towns of Wentworth Shire - Buronga, Dareton,
Coombah Roadhouse located approximately halfway between
Wentworth and Broken Hill. Open 7 days 7am to 8pm.
Gol Gol, Pooncarie, and Wentworth itself - all enjoy
river frontage. The region is ideal for active holidays
- fishing, water-skiing, houseboating, kayaking, birdwatching, bushwalking and camping. The sunsets
are magnificent - as are the starry night skies.
Wentworth was once the busiest district in inland New South
Wales and there are many historic sites around town.
Old Wentworth Gaol, the courthouse, churches and early
convent school are highlights of the town’s ‘walk & drive’ trails.
The region is rich in Aboriginal heritage. Award-winning
Harry Nanya Tours focusses on ecology and Aboriginal
culture in Mungo National Park, which is renowned for its
extraordinary archaeological treasures and eerie moonscape.
Be sure to visit the Perry Sandhills, same contemporary time
as Mungo National Park. Buried in these ancient red sanddunes are the bones of megafauna from the remote past.
You may recognise these dunes, which have been used
as a location for many movies and commercials.
There is accommodation to suit every budget and
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WHAT TIME IS IT ?
Wentworth Region
WENTWORTH REGION
OPEN 7 DAYS
www.wentworth.nsw.gov.au
(EXCEPT CHRISTMAS
DAY & GOOD FRIDAY)
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South Australia/Cobar
Barrier Highway
WHAT TIME IS IT ?
South Australia
Central Standard Time
Cobar
COCKBURN
COBAR
Cockburn is located on the NSW/SA border, 50 km west of
Broken Hill, with a population of approx 34. It is very much
a country town, offering camping, caravanning (powered
sites) and large group dorm-style accommodation.
Cobar lies at the junction of the Kidman Way and
Barrier Highway. Its shire covers 44,065 square
kilometres, and has a population of 7,000.
Phone Police (08) 8091 1633;
Post Office/Telecentre (08) 8091 1999
YUNTA
Yunta is a small, geographically isolated rural town on the
Barrier Highway, approx 200 km west of Broken Hill. It was
established in 1887 and has a community of about 150 people.
Waukaringa, to the north, was a thriving gold town of the 1880s.
Each May, visitors flock to Yunta for the annual
Yunta Picnic Races and Gymkhana.
Phone Post Office/Telecentre (08) 8650 5099.
Roadhouses, public toilets, police station, CFS and ambulance,
hosted accommodation, caravan sites, hotel, post office, airstrip.
The town is steeped in history, with a mix of mining
and pastoral heritage. In the 1870s Cobar came alive
with the discovery of copper. The central business
district still boasts a mixture of old and new buildings,
showing Cobar’s history over the last 130 years.
Don’t miss the Great Cobar Heritage Centre, one
of the state’s finest museums. Visit Fort Bourke Hill
viewing platform and the New Cobar Gold Mine.
Cobar Visitor Information Centre (02) 6836 2448.
Mobil
ta
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ROADHOUSEY
PETERBOROUGH
Peterborough was settled to service the agricultural and pastoral
endeavours of the 1870s. The railways arrived in the town in 1881
and provided the lifeblood of the town for the next 110 years.
The majesty and beauty of the great steam era of the railways
has been preserved by the Steamtown Railway Preservation
Society which is based in Peterborough. The society runs
train trips to Orroroo and Eurelia on most long weekends.
The Peterborough Visitor Information Centre is open
between 10am and 3pm most days. Ph: (08) 8651 2708.
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Fuel Sales
Hot Food
Barrier Highway, Yunta
p 08 8650 5027 / f 08 8650 5133
CONFERENCES / SOUTH AUSTRALIA / COBAR
Entertainment Centre
Conferences
Broken Hill has facilities to host small and large conferences,
with a wide choice of venues and accommodation types.
•
Tour to Living Desert & Sculpture Symposium
•
Expeditions to National Parks
AN INSPIRED CHOICE
EVENTS BROKEN HILL
•
Midway between major cities
•
Conference venue advice and support
•
Up-to-date facilities and communication
•
Support to local and major events
•
Catering for 10-1000 people
Tel (08) 8080 3570
•
Pre and post-conference tour options
Fax (08) 8080 3578
•
Shopping and varied at-leisure options for attendees
•
Small city convenience
•
Unusual, appealing and memorable outback destinations
WHITE CLIFFS
•
Day-tour, sporting and activity options
•
Excellent weather, low rainfall
Underground conferencing facility - ideal specialist location for
team-building in groups of up to 35 people.
•
Accommodation to suit all budgets
•
Access by road, rail and air
•
Theme options - film, outback, mining, arts
•
Broken Hill Visitor Information Centre can provide a full
listing of venues for small and large conferences.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES
•
Outback barbecue with billy tea
•
Visit to Silverton and camel rides
•
Tour of Royal Flying Doctor Service
•
Gallery crawl - more than 30 galleries
•
Underground mine tours
Entertainment Centre
Image courtesy of Gavin Schmidt, BDT
Broken Hill has accommodation for up to 1000 delegates with
venues ranging in size and configurations from 50 to 700 down
to smaller venues for up to 45. Some have breakout rooms and
modern facilities.
Broken Hill
The Broken Hill Entertainment and Conference Centre is a
multi-purpose venue with theatre style seating for 700 people.
The venue has trained Meeting Industry Associated personnel
to assist and help co-ordinate conferences along with technical
support staff.
Corner Blende and Chloride Streets
T: 08 80803480 F: 08 80803499
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Business Directory
Broken Hill Visitor Information Centre services
BUSINESS .............................................................PHONE
A Miner’s Rest.................................................. 08 8088 4192
About Town Cottages ...................................... 08 8087 8159
Absalom’s Gallery ............................................. 08 8087 5881
Acacia & Charles Rasp Cottages...................... 08 8088 1988
Adelaide Apartment ......................................... 08 8088 1075
Agfair Broken Hill Inc ..................................... 08 8088 1844
Airport Kiosk ................................................... 08 8080 3430
Albert Kersten Geo Centre .............................. 08 8080 3500
Amanda Johnson - Artist ................................. 08 8088 6888
Argent Apartment ............................................ 08 8088 2797
Art on Argent ................................................... 08 8087 2306
Aus-Air Australia P/L ...................................... 03 5480 3100
Avis Rent-A-Car .............................................. 08 8087 7532
Avoca on Darling Hospitality........................... 03 5027 3020
Barrier Daily Truth ........................................... 08 8087 2354
Barrier Miner Newspaper ................................. 08 8088 1500
Barrier Social Democratic Club Ltd................. 08 8088 4477
Bells Milk Bar .................................................. 08 8087 5380
Betina’s Italian Restaurant ................................ 08 8088 2999
Beyond 39 Dips - Silverton .............................. 08 8088 7566
Bindara Station................................................. 08 8091 7412
Bitmead Motors ............................................... 08 8087 6001
Black Lion Inn ................................................. 08 8087 4801
Blue Bush Country Cottage Silverton .............. 08 8088 5506
BMW Minerals & Crystals .............................. 08 8087 5429
BP South .......................................................... 08 8088 5616
Break Away Cottages ....................................... 0438 858 336
Broken Earth Café Restaurant ......................... 08 8087 1318
Broken Hill & Outback Personal Tour Guides ......................
.......................................................................... 08 8087 2584
Broken Hill Caravan & Trailer Centre ............. 08 8087 1300
Broken Hill Chamber of Commerce ................ 08 8087 2236
Broken Hill City Caravan Park ........................ 08 8087 3841
Broken Hill City Sights Tours.......................... 08 8087 2484
Broken Hill Community Credit Union Ltd ...........................
.......................................................................... 08 8088 2199
Broken Hill Entertainment Centre .................. 08 8080 3481
Broken Hill First National Real Estate ............ 08 8088 4488
Broken Hill Football League Ltd ..................... 08 8087 2229
Broken Hill Golf and Country Club Ltd ...............................
.......................................................................... 08 8087 9099
Broken Hill Historical Society Inc ................... 08 8088 1266
Broken Hill Musicians Club Ltd...................... 08 8088 1777
Broken Hill Opals & Gems ............................. 08 8088 2232
Broken Hill Print ............................................. 08 8088 4343
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery .................... 08 8080 3440
Broken Hill RSL Sub Branch .......................... 08 8088 1024
Broken Hill Shoe Stores ................................... 08 8088 3322
Broken Hill Sightseeing Co ............................. 08 8088 6900
Broken Hill Skills Centre ................................. 08 8088 2822
Broken Hill St Patricks Race Club Inc............. 08 8087 7550
Broken Hill Sturt Club Ltd.............................. 08 8087 4541
Broken Hill Veteran & Vintage Car Club Inc........................
.......................................................................... 08 8088 3036
Broken Hill Volunteer Walk Tour Group ...............................
.......................................................................... 08 8087 2782
Broken Hill’s Outback Tours ............................ 08 8087 7800
Browzers Bookshop .......................................... 08 8088 7221
Burke & Wills Menindee Motel ...................... 08 8091 4313
Buses R Us ....................................................... 08 8285 6900
Bush and Beyond Gallery ................................. 08 8087 8807
Bush Mail Run ................................................. 08 8087 2164
Café Alfresco.................................................... 08 8087 5599
Café Rendezvous .............................................. 08 8088 4710
Central Darling Shire Council ......................... 08 8083 8900
Centro Westside ............................................... 08 8088 3833
Charles Rasp Motor Inn .................................. 08 8088 1988
Charlotte’s Coffee Shop ................................... 08 8087 2230
Chloe-Marie’s Cottage ..................................... 0429 618 775
City Internet & Games .................................... 08 8087 9846
Classic Charm Sunset Strip Holiday Cottage ........................
.......................................................................... 0427 022 123
Cobalt Cottages......................................................................
Coffey’s Creative Gifts & Gallery .................... 08 8088 1580
Comfort Inn Crystal Motel .............................. 08 8088 2344
Comfort Inn Hilltop ........................................ 08 8088 2999
Copi Hollow Carvan Park Broken Hill Speed Boat
Club.................................................................. 08 8087 6312
Corner Country Adventure Tours .................... 08 8087 6956
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Corner Country Store ...................................... 08 8091 3333
Darling River Retreat ....................................... 08 8088 5089
D’Art DeMain Galleries .................................. 08 8087 6308
Daydream Motel .............................................. 08 8088 3033
Dee’s Studio Gallery ......................................... 08 8088 3913
Dept. Environment & Conservation - National Parks
District ............................................................. 08 8080 3200
Desert Flower Cottage ..................................... 08 8087 3650
Desert Sand Motor Inn .................................... 08 8088 4122
Dinky Di Creations - Arts, Crafts & Collectables .................
.......................................................................... 0432 437 884
Donlee Motors ................................................. 08 8087 2463
Duke of Cornwall Inn ...................................... 08 8087 8495
Dynon Art Gallery & Studio ........................... 08 8087 9700
East Whydown Station .................................... 08 8650 5010
Eldee Station .................................................... 08 8091 2578
Emaroo Cottages .............................................. 0418 848 109
Everybodys IGA .............................................. 08 8087 2589
Far West Auto .................................................. 08 8087 2311
Ferry’s Pty Ltd .................................................. 08 8087 2452
Flats on Gossan ................................................ 08 8088 3129
Georgia’s Bistro ................................................ 08 8088 1296
Golden Hearth Cottage ................................... 0407 255 199
Grand Guest House ......................................... 08 8087 5305
Granites Motel & Caravan Park ...................... 08 8091 3305
Gypsum Cottage On Gypsum Street ............... 08 8087 7954
Harry Nanya Outback Tours ............................ 03 5027 2076
Heather’s Home Units...................................... 08 8088 7275
Hebbard Cottage .............................................. 08 8087 4023
Hertz Car Rental & Travellers World .............. 08 8087 2719
Historic Daydream Mine ................................. 08 8088 5682
Holden’s Quality Meats .................................... 08 8087 5843
Homewares on Sulphide .................................. 08 8088 7365
Horizon Gallery (Broken Hill)......................... 08 8088 6025
Horizon Gallery (Silverton) ............................. 08 8088 5331
Howard William Steer Art Studio ................... 08 8087 4736
Hydrangea Cottage & Isobel’s Cottage ............ 08 8088 4488
Images of Australia ........................................... 08 8087 1051
Jarah Mosaics ................................................... 08 8087 4478
Jetset Broken Hill ............................................. 08 8087 3310
John Arnold’s Outback Safari Tours................. 08 8087 7701
Julie Hart Gallery ............................................. 08 8087 4448
Junction Hotel (Peterborough) ......................... 08 8651 2195
Kallara Station .................................................. 02 6837 3963
Kaysha’s Cottage............................................... 08 8088 4428
Kolinac Paint Supplies...................................... 08 8087 5241
Lake View Caravan Park .................................. 08 8088 2250
Lawrence’s Newsagent...................................... 08 8087 4132
Line of Lode Cottages ..................................... 08 8088 2344
Living Desert Art ............................................. 08 8088 5204
Lotte’s Cottage ................................................. 08 8087 3526
Makin’ Tracks Tours.......................................... 02 9527 0707
Mario’s Palace Hotel......................................... 08 8088 1699
McClures Vehicle Maintenance ....................... 08 8088 7666
McCormick Gallery ......................................... 08 8088 0257
McDonalds Broken Hill ................................... 08 8088 3332
Meanders Coach Tours..................................... 08 8087 4820
Menindee Regional Tourist Association........... 08 8091 4274
Mica St Cottage ............................................... 08 8088 1282
Miffy’s Place ..................................................... 08 8088 4560
Mildura Railway Station .................................. 03 5023 9065
Milparinka Heritage & Tourism Association .........................
.......................................................................... 08 8091 2524
Mine Host Motel ............................................. 08 8088 4044
Miners Arms Bed & Breakfast ......................... 0402 215 368
Mobil South Service Station ............................ 08 8087 3653
Molto Bella Holiday Units ............................... 08 8087 1087
Motika .............................................................. 0428 871 940
Mulberry Vale Cabins....................................... 08 8088 1597
Mulga Hill Tavern Bistro ................................. 08 8087 7138
Mungo Lodge .................................................. 03 5029 7297
Murdi Paaki Regional Enterprise Corporation Ltd /
Thankakali Cultural Centre .............................. 08 8087 6111
Muscat Auto Repairs ........................................ 08 8088 1242
Netting Chemist............................................... 08 8087 4283
North Economy Stores ..................................... 08 8087 2745
Oasis Desert Lavender ..................................... 08 8087 5986
Oasis Motor Inn ............................................... 08 8088 2255
Oceania Restaurant .......................................... 08 8087 3695
Ochre Sands Gallery ........................................ 08 8087 9078
Old Vic Bed & Breakfast ................................. 08 8087 1169
Old Willyama Motor Inn and Mr Pickwick’s Steak and Ale .
.......................................................................... 08 8088 3355
Otto Rogge Photography ................................. 08 8091 6713
Outback Beds ................................................... 1800 005 298
Outback Villas.................................................. 08 8088 7528
Outback Whips & Leather .............................. 08 8087 8887
Outdoors First Broken Hill .............................. 08 8088 1665
Packsaddle Roadhouse...................................... 08 8091 2539
Pam’s Florist ..................................................... 08 8087 5412
Patton Street Cottage ....................................... 08 8087 2699
Penrose Park ..................................................... 08 8088 5307
Peter Browne Gallery ....................................... 08 8088 1896
Peterborough Railway Hotel/Motel ................. 08 8651 2427
Peterborough Tourist Promotion Association ........................
.......................................................................... 08 8651 2545
Photographic Recollections .............................. 08 8087 9322
Pizza Runners................................................... 08 8088 5666
PJ’s Underground B&B .................................... 08 8091 6626
Police & Community Youth Club .................... 08 8087 3723
Pro Hart Gallery .............................................. 08 8087 2441
Quandong Cottage ........................................... 08 8087 1653
Quixote Casting ............................................... 08 8087 4447
RailCorp/Countrylink ...................................... 02 8202 3287
Railway, Mineral & Train Museum .................. 08 8088 4660
Red Sands Gallery ............................................ 08 8088 7734
Regional Express (REX) ..........................................13 17 13
Rising Sun Hotel .............................................. 08 8087 4856
River Lady Tours .............................................. 08 8091 4125
Robinson Education Centre ............................ 08 8087 6022
Royal Automobile Association ......................... 08 8088 4999
Royal Exchange Hotel ...................................... 08 8087 2308
Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia ...............................
.......................................................................... 08 8080 3714
Ruby’s Cottage ................................................. 03 9337 5250
Santalum Broken Hill Quandong Farm ........... 08 8087 7861
Schinella’s Discount Food & Liquor Store .............................
.......................................................................... 08 8087 4806
Schinella’s First National Real Estate ............... 08 8088 4488
School of the Air .............................................. 08 8087 3565
Shannon Electrics / Telstra Shop (Broken Hill) .....................
.......................................................................... 08 8088 2988
Shutterbug, Digital, Video and Camera Centre .....................
.......................................................................... 08 8087 5300
Silver and Scents .............................................. 08 8088 4833
Silver City Art Centre / Silver City Mint ..............................
.......................................................................... 08 8088 6166
Silver City Crash Repairs & Miss Pat’s Glass &
Windscreens ..................................................... 08 8087 6908
Silver City Minerals ......................................... 08 8088 2879
Silver City Tours............................................... 08 8087 6956
Silver Haven Motel & Restaurant .................... 08 8087 2218
Silver Spade Hotel Motel ................................. 08 8087 7021
Silverland Caravan Park ................................... 08 8087 8707
Silverton Camels .............................................. 08 8088 5316
Silverton Gaol Museum ................................... 08 8088 5317
Silverton Hotel ................................................. 08 8088 5313
Silverton Village Committee ............................ 08 8087 6263
Silverton Youth Camp ...................................... 08 8087 3006
Southern Cross Hotel & Dunes Restaurant ..... 08 8088 3085
Spicer’s Office Choice ...................................... 08 8088 2188
Spirit of the Outback Gallery........................... 08 8087 4828
Sturt Motel ....................................................... 08 8087 3558
Subway ............................................................. 08 8088 1788
Tarrawingee Holiday Units .............................. 08 8088 4152
Temby’s Pharmacy ............................................ 08 8087 3452
The Astra Accommodation............................... 08 8087 5428
The Astra Cottage ............................................ 08 8087 5428
The Astra Restaurant ........................................ 08 8087 5428
The Caledonian B & B ..................................... 08 8087 1945
The Gateway Motor Inn................................... 08 8088 7013
The Homestead Gallery.................................... 08 8087 9005
The Imperial Fine Accommodation .................. 08 8087 7444
The Lodge Outback Motel............................... 08 8088 2722
The Swagman’s Hill .......................................... 08 8087 2120
Theldarpa Farmstay .......................................... 08 8091 3576
Tibooburra Village Committee Inc .................. 08 8091 3433
Toddington Cottage ......................................... 08 8087 3830
Tolarno Station................................................. 08 8091 7403
Tourist Lodge ................................................... 08 8088 2086
BUSINESS DIRECTORY INDEX
Town House ..................................................... 0432 040 524
Trilby Station.................................................... 02 6874 7420
Tri-State Safaris ............................................... 08 8088 2389
URS Australia Pty Ltd ..................................... 08 8088 5855
V-Art Design.................................................... 08 8087 1523
Wentworth Central Motor Inn ........................ 03 5027 3777
West Darling Arts Inc. ..................................... 08 8087 9035
West Darling Machinery Preservation Society Broken Hill
Inc..................................................................... 08 8087 8226
West Darling Motor Hotel .............................. 08 8087 2691
Western Auto Electrical ................................... 08 8087 2628
Wettenhall Air Services .................................... 08 8088 5702
White Cliffs Opal Fields Tourist Association .. 08 8091 6705
White Cliffs Underground Motel .................... 08 8091 6677
Whitehouse Convention Centre ...................... 08 8088 1344
White’s Mineral Art & Living Mining Museum / Doll &
Teddybear Collection ....................................... 08 8087 2878
Wilcannia Motel .............................................. 08 8091 5802
Willowbend Caravan Park ............................... 03 5027 3213
Willyama Cottage ............................................ 08 8087 3039
Yunta Mobil Road House................................. 08 8650 5027
EMERGENCY SERVICES
Police, Fire and Ambulance ..............................................000
POLICE ............................ Channel 4 UHF / 08 8087 0299
FIRE Broken Hill ............................................ 08 8087 2233
FIRE South Broken Hill .................................. 08 8087 4419
Hospital ............................................................ 08 8080 1333
C.A.R.E.S. .................................................. Channel 5 UHF
RFDS (24 hour service).................................... 08 8088 1188
Lifeline .....................................................................13 11 14
Wildlife Rescue (RRANA) .............................. 0429 204 416
RSPCA............................................................. 08 8087 7753
Veterinary Clinic ..................... 08 8087 4242 / 0427 874 242
TRAVEL COMPANIES
Flights
QANTAS Airlines ................................. www.qantas.com.au
..................................................................................13 13 13
Regional Express Airlines (REX) .................www.rex.com.au
..................................................................................13 17 13
Virgin Blue Airline ............................www.virginblue.com.au
..................................................................................13 67 89
Air Charter .............................................................................
Wettenhall Air Services .................................... 08 8088 5702
Trains
Broken Hill Railway Station ............................ 08 8082 2550
CountryLink .......................................... (Outback Explorer)
..................................................................................13 22 32
Great Southern Railways............................... (Indian Pacific)
..................................................................................13 21 47
Coaches
Buses R Us ................................. (Services to/from Adelaide,
Broken Hill & Mildura) ................................... 08 8285 6900
.......................................................................... 08 8088 6900
CountryLink ............................................................13 22 32
Greyhound Australia ........................................ 1300 473 946
Broken Hill Travel Agents
Harvey World Travel ........................................ 08 8087 7900
Jetset ................................................................. 08 8087 3310
Taxis
Independent Taxis ............................................ 08 8087 7744
Yellow Cabs ...................................................... 08 8088 1144
EATING OUT IN BROKEN HILL
An up-to-date listing is provided on website
www.visitbrokenhill.com.au or email tourist@
brokenhill.nsw.gov.au and request.
Take Away
Champion Pizza & Chinese ............................. 08 8088 2452
Hungry Jack’s.................................................... 08 8087 8388
KFC.................................................................. 08 8088 2808
McDonald’s ...................................................... 08 8088 3332
Pizza Hut ......................................................... 08 8087 9611
Pizza Runners................................................... 08 8088 5666
Subway ............................................................. 08 8088 1788
FOOD SUPPLIES
Coles................................................................. 08 8087 2317
Everybody’s IGA .............................................. 08 8087 2589
Foodland Broken Hill ...................................... 08 8087 2657
J&K Store ......................................................... 08 8087 3891
Red Robin Deli ................................................ 08 8087 2729
Schinella’s ......................................................... 08 8087 4806
Star Discount House (Foodland) ..................... 08 8087 6088
Woolworths ...................................................... 08 8088 1711
CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS
BIU Band ........................................................ 08 8087 9887
Civic Orchestra ................................................ 08 8087 9522
Eisteddfod Society............................................ 08 8087 6779
Philharmonic Society ....................................... 08 8087 4004
Repertory Society ............................................. 08 8087 9585
Willyama Art Society ....................................... 08 8087 3270
MULTICULTURAL ORGANISATIONS
Italo International Bocce Club ......................... 08 8088 1190
Multicultural Womens Centre ......................... 08 8088 4742
Napredak Club ................................................. 08 8088 3181
SERVICE & SOCIAL CLUBS
Apex Club ........................................................ 08 8087 3365
.......................................................................... 0411 627 274
Barrier Field Naturalists ................................... 08 8087 2776
.......................................................................... 08 8087 3295
Bridge Club ...................................................... 08 8087 3945
Family History Group ...................................... 08 8088 1266
email .................................................... [email protected]
Historical Society ............................................. 08 8087 9887
Inland China Decorators .................................. 08 8087 5631
Legacy Widows ................................................ 08 8087 2796
Library Outback Archives ................................ 08 8080 3462
website .................................................. www.bhlibrary.org.au
email .................................................admin@bhlibrary.org.au
Liliput Early Learning Centre ......................... 08 8088 7033
Lion’s Club of Broken Hill ............................... 08 8087 5318
Masonic Club ................................................... 08 8087 2362
Pastoralists Association .................................... 08 8087 3322
Probus Club (Ladies)........................................ 08 8087 6297
Probus Club (Mens) ......................................... 08 8087 6202
Probus Club (Silver City) ................................. 08 8088 4593
Quota Club of Broken Hill .............................. 08 8087 5472
R.A.O.B. (Royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes) & Lady
Glades............................................................... 0408 998 500
Rostrum Club ................................................... 08 8088 1783
Rotary Club of Broken Hill.............................. 08 8087 2691
Rotary Club of South Broken Hill ................... 08 8088 1000
.......................................................................... 08 8087 3321
RSL Sub Branch .............................................. 08 8088 1024
Stirrer’s Fun Club ............................................. 08 8088 2082
Vietnam Veterans Club .................................... 08 8088 1509
View Club ........................................................ 08 8087 7081
Vintage and Veteran Car Club ......................... 08 8088 3036
Y’s Mens Club .................................................. 08 8088 1999
SPORTING CLUBS
Australian Rules Football League..................... 0405 990 436
Basketball Association ...................................... 08 8087 6285
Bowling Club (Broken Hill) ............................. 08 8087 7638
Bowling Club (North) ...................................... 08 8088 1435
Bowling Club (Zinc) ........................................ 08 8087 5076
Field and Game Association............................. 08 8088 1486
Golf and Country Club Pro Shop .................... 08 8087 9099
Golf Club (South Broken Hill) ........................ 08 8087 4639
Greyhound Racing Club .................................. 08 8087 9102
Gymnastics Club (Broken Hill) ....................... 08 8087 8875
Gymnastics Club (Silver City) ......................... 0418 891 507
Harness Racing Club ....................................... 0412 060 301
Little Athletics ................................................. 0417 660 132
Martial Arts Lee International - Tae Kwon Do .....................
.......................................................................... 08 8087 4616
.......................................................................... 0409 663 014
Netball Association .......................................... 08 8087 8167
Police Citizens Youth Club .............................. 08 8087 3723
Roller Skating................................................... 08 8087 6980
Rugby League.........................................................................
Silver City Race Club ....................................... 08 8088 3771
Silver City Treddlers ......................................... 08 8087 6881
Soccer Association ..................................................................
Softball Association .......................................... 08 8087 6737
Speedboat Club ................................................ 08 8087 6312
St Patrick’s Race Club ...................................... 08 8087 7550
Tennis Association ........................................... 08 8087 2354
CHURCHES
Marriage Celebrant (Grace Hawes) ................. 08 8087 7589
Anglican Churches of Australia .............................................
St James & St Peters......................................... 08 8087 4402
Bahá’í Faith ...................................................... 08 8088 4350
Baptist Church ................................................. 08 8087 1026
Catholic Church ............................................... 08 8087 3198
Christian City Church ..................................... 0447 884 866
Christian Fellowship Church of Christ ............ 08 8087 3456
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ..........................
.......................................................................... 08 8087 8630
Cornerstone Community ................................. 08 8087 9110
Crusade Centre ................................................ 08 8087 8541
Jehovah’s Witnesses .......................................... 08 8088 5671
Lutheran Church..................... 08 8087 4324 / 0429 691 872
Mosque............................................................. 08 8087 4892
Outback Community Church (Assemblies of God) ..............
.......................................................................... 08 8087 4803
Salvation Army ................................................. 08 8087 5114
Seventh Day Adventists ................................... 08 8087 9585
Uniting Church of Australia............................. 08 8087 5317
THRIFTY SHOPS
Lifeline Shop ......................................119-127 Argent Street
.......................................................................... 08 8087 9109
Red Cross Society..........................................67 Oxide Street
.......................................................................... 08 8087 4063
Saint James Mart .................... Patton Street (Alma Institute)
.................................................................................no phone
St. Vincent de Paul Social Welfare Service .............................
.......................................................................... Argent Street
.......................................................................... 08 8087 5813
Salvation Army Family Store ...............................220 Argent
Street ......................................................................................
RADIO STATIONS
AM Band
Classic Hits ............................................................2BH 567
ABC Radio.............................................................. 2NB 999
ABC Western Plains (Wilcannia) ..................................1584
FM Band
Hype FM.........................................................................87.6
Tourist Information .........................................................88.0
2KY Racing Radio.........................................................100.5
ABC Triple J .................................................................102.1
ABC National ...............................................................102.9
ABC Classic FM ...........................................................103.7
Hill FM .........................................................................106.9
2 Dry FM ......................................................................107.7
TELEVISION STATIONS
Southern Cross GTS/BKN 7 ........................... 08 8087 6013
Southern Cross 10 ............................................ 08 8087 6013
ABC .......................................................................................
SBS.........................................................................................
BANKS
ANZ Bank ................................................ 357 Argent Street
.......................................................................... 08 8088 3971
..................................................................................13 13 14
Commonwealth Bank................................ 338 Argent Street
.......................................................................... 08 8088 3888
..................................................................................13 22 21
Community Credit Union .......................... 2 Chloride Street
.......................................................................... 08 8088 2199
St George Bank ......................................... 346 Argent Street
.......................................................................... 08 8087 7033
Westpac Bank ............................................ 301 Argent Street
.......................................................................... 08 8088 3000
..................................................................................13 20 32
Westpac Bank & RTA Agency...........Reid Street, Wilcannia
.......................................................................... 08 8091 5029
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Century 21 Real Estate .................................... 08 8087 2297
Elders Real Estate ............................................ 08 8087 3450
LJ Hooker ........................................................ 08 8087 3666
Ray White ........................................................ 08 8087 3700
Schinella’s First National .................................. 08 8088 4488
MINING COMPANIES
Bemax Resources .............................................. 08 8088 0800
CBH Resources ................................................ 08 8088 1211
.......................................................................... 08 8088 2932
Perilya ............................................................... 08 8088 8582
Pinnacle Mines ................................................. 08 8088 1563
A GUIDE ONLY
While every effort is made to list all organisations,
this listing may not be complete. Every effort is also
made to ensure correct contacts are also listed.
*Disclaimer (Page 3)
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Things to know
Safety & Courtesy
Driving in the outback can be an
enjoyable and safe experience, if a few
‘common sense’ guidelines are followed…
TRAVEL SAFETY
There are a number of sites that refer to
Safe Outback Travel.
www.atsb.gov.au
www.australia.com
www.visitnsw.com.au
The following are given as
suggestions only:
• Before you start, plan your trip and be
well prepared for travel in remote areas, i.e.
you and your vehicle.
• Drive on the left hand side of the road.
• Take care on dirt roads.
• Mobile phone coverage is not accessible
in all areas. Using a phone while driving is
against the law.
• Stop, Survive, Revive - as fatigue can
lead to accidents. Hot weather can cause
fatigue.
• Wildlife are road users too and dawn
and dusk are especially dangerous times
when stock and native animals wander.
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VEHICLE MAINTENANCE
ANIMALS
Ensure your vehicle is in top mechanical
Native animals and stock present hazards
condition before setting out. Carry spare
to motorists. It is wise to match your speed
belts and hoses. Have your tyres checked.
to visibility and take extra care on bends
Make sure you pack extra fuel and water,
and crests. For maximum safety, travel
but remember that fuel cannot be carried
should be restricted to daylight hours.
inside your vehicle. In the event of a
Be extra cautious at sunrise and sunset.
breakdown or if lost stay with your vehicle.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
SEALED ROADS
Remember many outback roads pass
From Sydney - Barrier Highway
through private property - treat that
From Adelaide - Barrier Highway
property with respect - leave gates as
From Mildura - Silver City Highway
you find them, always seek permission
From Tibooburra - Silver City Highway
before camping and do not litter.
(50% Sealed)
From Wilcannia - White Cliffs
IF IN DOUBT
From Wentworth - Pooncarie
If in doubt about any aspect of
outback travel check at the nearest
UNSEALED ROADS
information centre, police station
• Don’t travel in the front vehicles dust-
or motoring authority - and take
put distance between your vehicles
their advice - they know the area.
• Always keep to the correct side of the
road, especially at hills and rises.
FUEL & REFRESHMENTS
• When travelling on unsealed roads,
To Sydney - available at Topar Hotel,
FRUIT FLY
exercise caution and ‘read’ the road well
Wilcannia, Emmdale Road House -
For detailed information contact
the Department of Agriculture
on the following numbers:
ACT
(02) 6207 6376
New South Wales
(02) 6391 3583
1800 084 881
Website
www.dpi.nsw.gov.au
South Australia
1300 666 010
1800 084 881
Victoria
(03) 8371 3500
1800 084 881
136 186
Queensland
1800 084 881
Website
www.fruitfly.net.au
Fruit fly checks operate
throughout the region.
As a suggestion when travelling, only buy
what you can consume. Please check.
ahead of your vehicle, maintain as straight
situated between Wilcannia and Cobar.
a course as possible.
To Adelaide - at very regular intervals.
• Extreme care should be taken at all creek
To Tibooburra - at Packsaddle Roadhouse
and river crossings.
- approximately halfway - and Milparinka.
• Observe RTA and council advisory signs
To Melbourne - Coombah Roadhouse
concerning road closures.
- situated between Broken Hill and
• Roads can be easily damaged when wet
Wentworth, Mildura and all towns south.
and it is expensive and time consuming to
To Cameron Corner - Packsaddle
repair them.
Roadhouse, Milparinka, Tibooburra.
• After heavy rain, roads usually take 12 to
24 hours to dry out - always keep vehicles
PERSONAL PROPERTY
on existing roads.
You may be in a friendly country, but
• Slow down for upcoming vehicles when
please remember your personal property
passing.
is your responsibility. Lock your vehicle
• Respect CLOSED road signage - fines
and your accommodation and always
apply if you travel on closed roads.
secure your valuables. It is common sense!
THINGS TO KNOW
The outback is not only a place, it’s a state of being.
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES & RAINFALL
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar Apr May Jun
Jul
o
Max C
32.7 32.2 28.9 23.8 19.1 15.6 15.1
o
Min C
18.4 18.2 15.5
11.7
8.5
6.2
5.3
Rain (mm)
23.6 24.6 20.1 18.0 23.0 21.7 18.8
R/H% 9am
44
48
51
58
69
76
74
R/H% 3pm
28
30
32
39
48
54
50
Aug
17.2
6.3
18.5
64
41
Sep
21.0
8.8
20.8
54
35
Oct
24.9
11.7
25.1
47
30
Nov
28.6
14.6
20.2
43
27
Dec
31.3
17.0
21.8
42
27
ROAD CONDITION REPORTS
South Australian: Northern/Western/outback areas
www.transport.sa.gov.au
1300 36 10 33
Central Darling Shire: Wilcannia, White Cliffs, Ivanhoe,
Menindee areas (24 hour recorded message)
(08) 8091 5155
Road and Traffic Authority:
Broken Hill District (recorded)
(08) 8082 6660
New South Wales all areas
www.rta.nsw.gov.au
Queensland: all areas (recorded)
www.racq.com.au
RAA & affiliated associations:
Royal Auto Association
Road service Broken Hill only 24 hrs
Northern Territory:
www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/roadreport
(07) 3219 0900
(08) 8087 2643
1800 246 199
DISTANCES
Distances are from Broken Hill, are the
shortest route from point A to point B
and are approximate.
Adelaide
508km
Alice Springs
1,646km
Birdsville
1,180km
Bourke (via Wilcannia, Tilpa, Louth)
520km
Brisbane
1,612km
Cameron Corner
475km
Canberra
1,067km
Cobar
464km
Darwin
3,162km
Dubbo
760km
Flinders Ranges (Hawker)
409km
Hobart
1,119km
Innamincka
732km
Lightning Ridge (via Cobar, Bourke,
Walgett)
918km
Melbourne
817km
Menindee
112km
Mildura
296km
Mungo National Park (via Menindee)
321km
Mutawintji National Park
123km
Perth
2,802km
Pooncarie (via Menindee)
235km
Peterborough
283km
Port Augusta (via Peterborough) 417km
Silverton
25km
Sydney
1,167km
Tibooburra
336km
Wentworth
265km
White Cliffs
297km
Wilcannia
202km
Yunta
199km
The irony of country roads
69
Itineraries
Self-Guided Touring Routes and Map
Use as a guide only for overnight or
extended trips with Broken Hill as your
home base.
QUEENSLAND
Cameron Corner
Tour Map / Route 1:
Sturt National
Park
3 days / 2 nights and incorporates,
139
NEW SOUTH WALES
Tibooburra
Broken Hill, Menindee, Pooncarie,
Wentworth & Mildura. Visiting Kinchega
and Mungo National Parks.
40
Milparinka
5
72
137
92
48
Paroo Darling
National Park
Packsaddle
43
White Cliffs
96
r Cit
y Hw
y
4 days / 3 nights incorporates, Broken
Hill, Packsaddle, Milparinka, Tibooburra,
Sturt National Park & Cameron Corner,
and White Cliffs.
102
122
Mutawintji
National Park
Silve
69
Wilcannia
Tour Map / Route 3:
2 days / 1 night and incorporates, Broken
Hill, Mutawintji National Park, White
Cliffs (a side trip to Paroo Darling
National Park) and Wilcannia.
River
Tour Map / Route 2:
NEW SOUTH WALES
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
46
Darlin
g
54
y
Barrier Hw
202
Broken Hill
y
112
Hw
er
rri
Ba
Kinchega
National Park
Menindee
Tour Map / Route 4:
Hill, Mutawintji National Park, White
Cliffs and Wilcannia, Menindee &
Kinchega National Park.
123
265
Pooncarie
28
58
Tour Map / Route 5:
Hill, Mutawintji NP, White Cliffs,
Wilcannia, Menindee and Wentworth.
Visiting National Parks including
the Paroo Darling near White Cliffs,
Kinchega at Menindee and Mungo
National Park.
70
89
Wentworth
M
ay River
urr
Main Road
Secondary Road
Towns
National Parks
Mildura
Mungo
Lodge
Mungo
National
Park
31
Use as a guide only
Map not to scale
ITINERARIES / SERVICES & FACILITIES
G
G
G
Yunta
G
Wilcannia
G
White Cliffs
Packsaddle
G
Wentworth
Milparinka
G
Wanaaring
Menindee
G
Tilpa
Louth
G
Tibooburra
Little Topar
G
Silverton
Ivanhoe
G
Pooncarie
Emmdale
G
Peterborough
Coombah
Cobar
Cockburn
Cameron Corner
Broken Hill
Services & Facilities
G
G
G
FUEL
Petrol
LPG
Diesel
SERVICES
Hotel
Motel
Caravan Park
Camping
Cabins
Bed & Breakfast
Farmstay
Mobile Phone
G
Tourist Info
Churches
Post Office
Banking
ATM
EFTPOS
Mechanical
FOOD 7 DAYS
Take Away
Restaurant/Cafe
Supplies
EMERGENCY
Hospital
RFDS Access
Police
NRMA/RAA
Service Available
Limited service available
G Next G mobile service
71
A
B
C
23
Attractions
42
Accommodation
80
General
84
79
Beryl La
78 62
Bells Milk Bar ................................ B-G16
BMW Minerals & Crystals .............. B-T5
Broken Hill Opals & Gems ............ B-F18
Conservation Centre .......................B-Q11
GeoCentre Interactive Mining Museum....
........................................................ A-C11
28. Miners Memorial ...........................B-M13
29. Afghan Mosque ..............................B-W6
50
Y.M.C.A
1
82
4
Beryl La
5
19
7
Blende St
State Off.
Library
Court
House
PO
Police
88
68
84
Gawler Pl
Argent La
80 89
Argent St
2
83
61
53
5
74
Town Square
Crystal Lane
27
3
Crystal Lane
Crystal St
10
12
B
C
D
E
F
G
30. Mullockers Memorial .....................B-M12
31. Oasis Desert Lavender Farm ............. B-E5
32. Photographic Recollections ............ B-G14
33. Picnic Train Historic Site .................. B-B4
34. Railway, Mineral & Train Museum .. A-C7
35. Riddiford Arboretum ....................... B-G8
36. Royal Flying Doctor Service ...........B-D21
37. RSL Museum ................................. A-N10
38. School of the Air ................................B-S7
39. Sculptures Site ................................... B-L1
40. Titanic Memorial ............................. A-G3
41. White Rocks Historic Site ................B-N1
42. White’s Mineral Art Living & Mining
Museum ........................................... B-D3
Accommodation
47.
48.
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50.
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Railway Station
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86
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Cobalt St
76
12
Horizontal/Vertical
Attractions
Cobalt La
6
Trades Hall
85
11
Amanda Johnston Artist .................A-C10
Art on Argent................................. A-G10
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery .... A-N9
Bush ‘n’ Beyond ................................ B-J10
Coffey’s Creative Gifts & Gallery .. A-G10
D’Art Demain ................................... B-F9
Dee’s Studio Gallery ........................ B-H5
Eric McCormack .............................. B-T3
Howard William Steer .....................B-W6
Homestead Gallery ...........................B-N3
Images of Australia...........................B-M8
Jack Absalom..................................... B-T6
Jarah Mosaics ...................................B-M7
Julie Hart.......................................... B-H6
Living Desert Art ............................. A-C8
Ochre Sands Gallery .........................B-U6
Pro Hart ............................................ B-L2
Red Sands Gallery.............................A-L2
Silver City Art Centre and Mint ........ A-J7
Spirit of the Outback Studio & Gallery.....
......................................................... B-T10
21. Thankakali Aboriginal Art Gallery.... B-T9
22. The Horizon Gallery ........................B-M6
Titanic
Memorial
Sturt Park
BHCC
34
10
Art Galleries
1
2
Oxide St
Cobalt St
71
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3.
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Map Reference
72
Cobalt La
8
A-C10
N
Wolfram La
40
44 15
References
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
Lions/
Rotary
Park
7
Clubs
M
Delamore St
Art Galleries
L
Beryl St
6
1
K
Wolfram St
5
Legend
J
Arcade
4
H
Chloride St
Broken Hill
G
Former Synagogue
Bromide St
3
F
Salv Army
2
Central Business District
E
Wolfram La
1
Map A
D
Sulphide St
Maps
A Miner’s Rest Cottage ................... B-F15
Black Lion Inn ................................. A-C8
Broken Hill Caravan Park ................ B-D5
Charles Rasp Motor Inn/Charles Rasp
Cottage/Acacia Cottage ................... B-O8
Comfort Inn Crystal .......................A-K11
Comfort Inn Hilltop ........................ B-L6
Daydream Motel .............................B-K10
Desert Sand Motor Inn .....................A-L4
Duke of Cornwall Inn ..................... B-L10
Gateway Motel................................. B-G6
Grand Guest House ....................... A-H10
Heather’s Holidays Units ..................B-K5
Isabel’s Cottage.................................. B-P9
Hydrangea Cottage .........................B-Q10
Kaysha’s Cottage ............................... B-F9
Lake View Caravan Park ................... B-Y9
Line of Lode Cottages ....................A-L11
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79.
80.
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L
M
N
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Lodge Outback Motel ......................B-N8
Mario’s Palace* ................................A-E10
Mine Host Motel .............................A-A9
Mulberryvale Bush Cabins .............. B-V21
Oasis Motor Inn................................ B-P8
Old Vic B&B ................................... B-O6
Old Willyama Motor Inn ............... B-P10
Outback Villa’s ................................. B-G7
Royal Exchange Hotel ....................... A-J9
Silver Haven Motel ......................... B-R10
Silverland Roadhouse/Caravan Park B-V8
Silver Spade Motel ..........................A-B10
Sturt Motel ...................................... B-D6
Tarrawingee Holiday Units ............ B-G10
The Astra Accommodation ............A-M10
The Caledonian B&B ....................... B-O8
The Imperial Fine Accommodation .A-M4
The Miners Arms ............................ B-L10
Tourist Lodge YHA ..........................A-A9
Town House ..................................... A-D4
West Darling Hotel..........................A-M9
General
81.
82.
83.
84.
Broken Hill Camper Trailers ............. B-B6
Entertainment Centre ...................... A-H7
NRMA ............................................ A-F10
RAA ................................................... A-J9
Clubs
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
Barrier Social Democratic Club ....... A-D9
Broken Hill Legion Club ................A-C11
Broken Hill Musicians Club .......... A-G11
Broken Hill Sturt Club ..................... A-J8
Silver City Workingmen’s Club ........ A-N9
* Mario’s Palace was temporarily closed at time of publication
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Haskard St
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Lake View
Caravan Park
Ma
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8
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St
Bu
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St
Murton St
Ja
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Br
St
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Zebina St
McCulloch St
McCulloch St
McCulloch St
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St
Tin
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Lakeview Lookout
10
Mine Entrance
Perilya
nctio
Perilya Mining Leases
Browne’s Shaft
and Lookout
y
F
m
20
Bourke 520km
Wilcannia 202km
White Cliffs 297km
Dubbo 760km
Sydney 1167km
e
11
12
13
14
Blue Metal
Quarry
Broken Hill
15
16
South
Broken Hill
Golf Course
17
Clubhouse
Duff St
Wandoo St
ri n
18
Regeneration Reserve
Track
Knox St
19
Menindee 112km
Pooncarie 235km
Rifle
Range
Kinchega National Park
Standard Gauge
20
Sydney
63
7km
1.1 km
E
Murton St
Brazil St
Queen
Elizabeth Park
Brazil St
rS
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Chettle St
Blende St
7
Hw
D
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21
Ho
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C
Wo
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B
70
Silica St
6
Greyhound Track
Menin
A
Jubilee
Oval
St
36
Royal Flying Doctor
Service Airport
21
te
ol
Aerodrome 1km
St
St
123km
296km
336km
176km
Sturt National Park
Sundown Trail
Shotgun Club, Rifle Range
& Pistol Club 1km
Stephen’s Creek Reservoir
Pumping Station
Holdsworth
20
Wolfram
5
Lane St
Noo
Sturt St
Proprietary Square
Bowling Club
28 Miners Memorial
Tuart St
Parking
Unsealed Road
Duff St
Park
Knox La
ris
Callit Pl
a Av
Arizona Pl
St
La
Hwy
4
Basketball Stadium
Casu a
Untrafficable
A ve
Torquata Pl
Picnic Area
Boughtman
Lane
ity
rC
Mutawintji
Milparinka
Tibooburra
Packsaddle
9
La
Line of Lode
Jamieson St
N o r fol k
Secondary Road
Lambert Pl
v
sA
Public Toilet
Morish St
Sth Boys Club
Clarke St
Aleppo Pl
Dun da
19
Main Road
69
30 Mullockers Memorial
Lawton St
Map Symbols
Lamb
Oval
Wilson St
Sil
Lt McGowen St
Beryl St
Argent St
King St
Athel Pl
25
White
House
Conv Ctr
Patton St
Talbot St
Jamieson St
Church
Fire Stn
South St
Morish St
Pmy
Sch
Bonanza St
Coombah Roadhouse 120km
Wentworth 265km
Mildura 296km
23
Wilson St
Comstock St
Robinson
College
Jacaranda Pl
18
Patton St
Alma
Oval
17
wo
Went
Post Office
Patton St Park
Cmnty Cntr
& Library
Argent
e Rd
ay
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Fed
B
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do
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Rh
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Hebbard St
Whittaker St
d
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Rainbow Av
Piper St
Central St
Perilya
Bowling Cl
Southern Cross
Nursing Home
43
Rockwell St
Twin Lakes
Perilya
Southern
Operations
Bonanza St
Zinc
Oval
Eyre St
Bathurst St
26
Lawton St
RSL Bowling
Club
Gate
Eyre La
Argent
MacGillivray Dr
Perilya Mining Leases
32
ABC
66 Studio
56
90
Railway
Station
d
ve
McGowen St
16
12
La
Wolfram St
n
Crystal St
hR
Consolidated Broken Hill
Mining Lease Entrance
Soccer
Fields
Cricket
Oval
Town Square
EDC
Visitor
Information
Centre Level 1
Gawler Pl
RTA
O’Neil Depot
Park
Beryl St
St
Argent St
77
38
Wolfram
Ju
49
Post
Office
55
Tennis
Sil
Cobalt St
Beryl La
Beryl
51
Zebina St
Netball
64
Bagot St
Sturt
Park
46
75
Iodide St
60
Beryl La
North
Broken
Hill
Pmy Sch
Lane St
Oxide St
Cobalt St
Iodide La
94
Lane La
Chapple St
3
r
Crystal St
Chapple
Blende St
Duke of
Cornwall
Park
24
29
Oxide St
Argent La
4
2BH
Fisher St
Willyama
High School
Williams St
Lane St
Sulphide St
B.H.
High
School
Bromide St
Wolfram St
Centre & Pool
Williams La
Chapple St
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Go
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93
Chloride St
Kaolin St
Cath
Coll
Pmy Sch
Transhipping Yards
A Sout
PC
RS Old
McGowen St
Lane La
1000m
Radium St
n Circ
rC
Marks St
Blende St
y
Hw
O’Neill St
Uranium St Campbell St
Rasp St
North
Family Play
Radium St
Fisher St
65
13
Lane La
Scale
500
0
O’Neill La
Chapple La
St
Kaolin St
Garnet St
Cobalt St
Perth
14
Iodide St
Oxide St
Chloride St
Sulphide St
Bromide St
Kaolin St
Garnet St
Gossan St
Warnock St
Smith St
Gypsum St
Gaol
Beryl St
ity
Wicks
Cummins Pl
8
Williams St
Bowen St
48
Mica St
73
Rd
Thomas La
1
2
inde
uth
So
ive
Pmy Sch
96 97
St
Centro
Westside
ve
Dr
tside
Union St
Base
Hospital
JP Keenan
Lookout
Gossan St
Nichols St
Graphite St
Nichols St
Creedon St
Harris St
Harris St
PO
Sil
Cummins La
Cummins St
Williams La
Water
Treatment
Works
Council
Depot
Block 10
Lookout
Carbon St
15
La
Men
Creedon St
6
La
Morgan St
Memorial Oval
&
Trotting Track
Qu
Talc
Gaffney St
Wes
N
ie
Carbon La
Slag St
St
y
arr
35
57
Morgan
22
Police Youth Club Oval
Sampson St
La
Gaffney
Broken Hill
Golf & Country
Club
rr
Ryan St
AJ Keast
Park
Family Day
Care
Y
Ba
Kanandah Pl
Pinnacles Rd
Pinnacles Pl
Industrial Area
La
Pell St
Wills St
Amb
Stn
HACC
Wright St
67
Rowe St
Wills St
Burke St
92
10
54
Williams La
Long St
Mercury St
Hillside Sports
Ground
X
Thomas St
7
St
La
Picton
Sports
Ground
Hill St
52
na
ale
Pell St
Cornish St
W
Maraylya La
La
Cummins St
14
Har
La
Cornish La
V
Wyman St
Williams St
Pmy Sch
G
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S
Tra vey
Lunam St
Wills
Railwaytown
Pmy Sch
Thomas La
Newton St
Pell
Morgan St
Rakow St
72
Pell St
Kanandah Rd
Av
es S Gate
t
Old
Morgan St
Rai
lwa
Hyn
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es S
ese
Army
t
rve
Barracks
31
Broken Hill
Caravan Park
Siebler
Park
45
La
U
Brown St
Cummins
Jones St
Albert Morris
Zinc St
Cemetery
T
t
Hyn
Picnic Train
Historical Site
Ryan
S
S
ks
33
Griffiths St
TV Tower
Channel 7
42
Newton
R
Schlapp St
Willyama St
Wyman St
O’Farrell St
Allendale St
Rd
12
16
Q
41 White Rocks
Historical Site
oo
ds
St
Finn St
Ya
r
6
13
M
17
Bismuth St
les
81
11
Brookfield Av
Wyman
Sa
Barrier Hwy
10
L
Br
5
9
K
39 Sculpture Site 11km
Living Desert 12km
(distance from Post Office)
Daydream Mine
Mundi Mundi
Umberumberka Reservoir
Bronhill St
n
Adelaide 508km
Speedway 1km
8
J
Wyman
Doe St
to
7
H
Nine Mile Rd
Dr
Brown St
May Harding Dr
Pic
4
G
Level 3 25km
Silverton 25km
2
3
F
Horsington
Calcite St
Stock Yards
1
E
Picton St
Picton St ............... B-E17
Pinnacles Pl...........B-A10
Pinnacles Rd .........B-A10
Piper St................ B-G15
Proprietary Sq....... B-P11
Quarry St ............... B-H7
Queen St ..............B-C17
Racecourse .............B-Y4
Racecourse Rd ........B-Y4
Radium St ...............B-R4
Rainbow Av ......... B-D16
Rakow St ............... B-C6
Rasp St ...................B-S4
Rhodonite St........... B-S9
Rockwell St............B-J15
Rowe St ..................B-F9
Ryan La.................B-B10
Ryan St .................B-C11
Salvation Army ...... A-E2
Sampson St .......... B-F10
Schlapp St ........B-M1/P1
Sculpture Site ......... B-L1
Seventh Day Adventist...
.............................. A-K2
Silica St .................. B-U9
Silver City Hwy ..............
................B-A17/G12/X5
Silver St................. B-S10
Slag St ..................B-B12
Smith St................. B-H9
South Rd .............. B-F13
South St .............. B-G17
Sturt St ................. B-R11
Sulphide St ...... B-N3/N8
Talbot St ............... B-L18
Talc St.................... B-H8
Thomas La....... B-G4/O4
Thomas St ...............B-J5
Tin St ..................... B-X9
Torquata Pl ...........B-F20
Tramway Tce...........B-F6
Visitor Information
Centre ................. B-L10
Tuart St................B-M19
Union St .................B-P4
Uniting Church of
Australia ................ A-E4
Uranium St .............B-R4
Victoria St............ B-D17
Wandoo St ............B-J19
Warnock St............ B-H7
Warren St .............B-V10
Wentworth Road..B-A17
Westside Dr......... B-D12
White Rocks .......... B-N1
Whittaker St .........B-K16
Wicks St ................ B-K7
Williams La ............. B-J5
Williams St............. B-H6
Wills La.................. B-C9
Wills St ...................B-B9
Willyama St ............ B-L1
Wilson St .............. B-E17
Wolfram St . B-K8/S8/U8
Wolfram Ln ............B-S8
Wright St ............... B-H7
Wyman La ............. B-O2
Wyman St......... B-E2/H2
Zebina St ...............B-Q6
Zinc St ....................B-E5
D
Victoria St
Gawler Pl............. B-O10
Gossan St ......... B-J5/J10
Graphite St ............ B-G9
Gray St ................. B-W7
Griffiths St ............B-A11
Gypsum St ............ B-E10
Hall St................... B-W7
Harris St............B-C6/C9
Harvey St ............... B-G7
Haskard St .......... B-W10
Hebbard St .......... B-G16
Hill St.......................B-J5
Holdsworth St ..... B-N14
Holten Dr............. B-O13
Horsington Dr......... B-E1
Horsington St ....... B-W9
Hynes St ........... B-C4/E4
Iodide La ................B-P7
Iodide St .................B-P9
Jabez St ............... B-U10
Jacaranda Pl.......... B-E18
Jamieson St ......... B-D18
Jehovah’s Witness . B-H9
Jones St ................. B-H5
JP Keenan Lookout . B-L7
Junction Cir .......... B-S11
Kanandah Pl .........B-A10
Kanandah Rd........B-A10
Kaolin St.......... B-L6/L10
King St.................. B-L15
Knox La ............... B-G20
Knox St................ B-H20
Lambert Pl ............B-F20
Lane La.. B-M7/O7/P7/T7
Lane St .................. B-N7
Lawton St ............B-M19
Little McGowen St. B-V5
Long St ..................B-G6
Lunam St ............... B-C8
Lutheran Manse ...B-P10
McCulloch St ...B-T8/T10
MacGillivray Dr .... B-O11
McGowen St ......... B-R5
Mann St................B-X10
Maraylya Ln ............B-P1
Marks St ................. B-L7
May Harding Dr ......B-E5
Menindee Rd ........ B-S18
Mercury St..............B-F8
Mica St .................. B-K8
Morgan La............. B-N4
Morgan St ..............B-E4
Morish St...... B-D17/H17
Murton St.............. B-U8
Newton La............. B-C6
Newton St ............. B-C7
Nicholls St.............B-D11
Nine Mile Rd........... B-L1
Noonan St ............. B-V8
Norfolk Av ........... B-G19
O’Farrell St............. B-G5
Old South Rd ....... B-H12
O’Neill La................B-S4
O’Neill St ................B-S4
Outback Community
Church ..................A-O6
Oxide St................. B-O3
Patton St ............. B-D16
Pell La.................... B-D7
Pell St ................B-B7/E7
Phillips St ............ B-W10
C
Queen St
Afghan Mosque.... B-W6
Albert Morris Av .....B-E4
Aleppo Pl.............. B-F19
Allendale St ............B-E3
Anglican .........B-G17/O8
Argent La .......B-J10/R10
Argent St..............B-K10
Arizona Pl .............B-E20
Athel Pl................. B-E19
Bagot St................B-R10
Baptist Church.......B-Q6
Barrier Hwy .... B-A6/Y11
Bathurst St............. B-R9
Beryl La ............ B-L9/O9
Beryl St ................... B-J9
Bismuth St ..............B-F7
Blende St ..............B-K10
Block 10 Lookout. B-G11
Bonanza St ........... B-F15
Boron St ................. B-S9
Boughtman St ...... B-E18
Bowen St ................ B-L6
Brady St ..................B-Y9
Brazil St ..................B-R8
Bromide St............ B-M4
Bronhill St ...............B-E4
Brookfield Av..........B-F3
Brooks St ............... B-U3
Brown St................ B-D2
Buck St .................. B-U8
Burke St................B-B10
Calcite St ............... B-C1
Callitris Pl............. B-G20
Campbell St............B-S4
Carbon St ............. B-E11
Casuarina Av ....... B-H19
Catholic Church.............
........................ B-N7/U8
Central St ............ B-H16
Chapple La ............ B-N6
Chapple St............ B-M7
Chettle St ............. B-S10
Chloride St............. B-N8
Christian Fellowship
Church of Christ .... B-N7
Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints.....B-P9
Clarke St................B-J18
Cobalt St .... B-H9/L9/O9
Comstock St ........ B-G16
Cornerstone .......... B-N7
Cornish La ..............B-E8
Cornish St.............. B-C8
Creedon St ........... B-B11
Crusade Centre ..... B-Q5
Crystal St .............. B-L11
Cummins La.............B-J3
Cummins Pl ............B-T3
Cummins St .............B-J3
Delamore St...........B-O9
Doe St ................... B-D4
Duff St................. B-G19
Dundas Av............ B-F19
Eyre St ................. B-G15
Federation Way ...B-M12
Finn St ....................B-F4
Fisher St................. B-R5
Gaffney La............ B-B11
Gaffney St ............B-B12
Galena St...............B-G6
Garnet St..........B-K4/K9
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Map C - Regional District
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Innamincka
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Nappa Merrie
Noccundra
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Cameron Corner 475km
Warri Gate
139
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Theldarpa Stn
40
Milparinka
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES
5
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Umberumberka
Reservoir
12
102
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Trilby Stn
Packsaddle
Mutawintji
National Park
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Darlin
Wilcannia 202km
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Tilpa
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Kallara Stn
White Cliffs 297km
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Little Topar
Roadhouse
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Emmdale
Roadhouse
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Barrier Hw
202
Sydney 1167km
Cobar 464km
Broken Hill
183
Menindee 112km
14
Coombah
Bindara Stn
Tolarno Stn
Ivanhoe
123
265
15
Tasman Stn
206
Scotia
Sanctuary
16
Fruit Fly Exclu
sion Zone
17
Pooncarie
Avoca Stn
Mungo
Lodge
89
Wentworth 265km
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Mungo
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Hay
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Mildura 296km
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Paroo Darling
National Park
Kinchega
National Park
East Whydown Station
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Cockburn
Adelaide 508km
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Daydream
Stephens Creek
Mine
Reservoir
Silverton 25km
Cabin / Accom
Wanaaring
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Eldee Stn
Main Road
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Tibooburra 336km
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Unsealed Road
Picnic Area
Fuel
Caravaning
Fruit Fly Zone an indication only (refer to pg 68)
All town distances are from Broken Hill
Sturt National
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