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Afghan Mosque
Afghan Mosque is a simple corrugated-iron building c 1891. Afghan cameleers helped open up the outback and the mosque was built on the site of a camel camp.
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Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery
Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery was established in 1904 to meet the needs of a 'city in isolation', making it the oldest regional gallery in NSW and with 1500 works in its permanent collection, possibly the largest. One room of the gallery is devoted to the artists of Broken Hill. Special exhibitions have included Brushmen of the Bush.
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Daydream Mine
The first mines were walk-in, pick-and-shovel horrors. For an amazing experience, tour the historic Daydream Mine, where you squeeze down the steps with your helmet-light quivering on your head. Daydream was established in 1882 and the guide has tales of baby-faced miners, which will have you giggling nervously. Sturdy footwear is essential for the one-hour tour.
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Delprat's Mine
There's an excellent underground tour at Delprat's Mine where you don miners gear and descend 130m in a cage for a two-hour tour of stopes and working equipment. Delprat's is signposted across the railway tracks.
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Former Synagogue
The Former Synagogue dates from 1900, but it closed in 1962 and the religious scrolls were sent to Melbourne.
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GeoCentre
GeoCentre is an interactive geology museum bringing you beautiful and rare minerals and crystals. There are lots of touch-and-feel exhibits that display the story of Broken Hill's geological history and how minerals are processed. It's also home to a 42kg silver nugget and the Silver Tree , a large and intricate silver sculpture created in 1878 by a German silversmith Harry Steiner.
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Miners Memorial
The huge silver skimp dump, which makes up Broken Hill's stark backdrop, also features the moving Miners Memorial. The memorial commemorates the deaths of over 800 men who have died in the mines since 1883. The list of the dead includes Dario Palumbo, an architecture student from the University of South Australia, who died suddenly during his work on the project, and whose story truly captures the emotions. The Broken Earth Café & Restaurant is attached.
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Owl Barn
Owl Barn has hundreds of owls, local crafts and memorabilia on display in a quirky old pub with its roof burnt off.
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Photographic Recollections
The wonderful Photographic Recollections exhibition is a pictorial history of Broken Hill.
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Pro Hart Gallery
With its dramatic scenery and empty spaces Broken Hill is an inspiring place, so it's not strange to find that the city houses a vibrant community of artists, from painters to performers. There is an abundance of galleries, including the Pro Hart Gallery.
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Railway, Mineral & Train Museum
There is more local history at the Railway, Mineral & Train Museum. The museum is in the Silverton Tramway Company's old station. The tramway was a private railway running between Cockburn (SA) and Broken Hill via Silverton until 1970.
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Sculpture Symposium
A striking range of work on a hilltop northwest of town was created in 1993 by 12 international sculptors. They were responding to the limitless landscape, using some 52 tonnes of Wilcannia sandstone, borrowing the local miners' old tungsten carbide chisels to dent the tough rock, and camping in tents near their work.
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Silver City Mint & Art Centre
Silver City Mint & Art Centre is home to the Big Picture , the largest continuous canvas in Australia, an amazing 100m-by-12m diorama of the Broken Hill outback.
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Thankakali Gallery
Thankakali Gallery is the Aboriginal cultural centre, located in an old brewery. There is an extensive gallery downstairs as well as a range of hand-painted arts, crafts and didgeridoos by local artists, including Badger Bates' paintings - all for sale.
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Trades Hall
Trades Hall, built between 1898 and 1904, houses the Barrier Industrial Council. It features a pressed-iron ceiling over its elaborately detailed interior, restored in 1988.
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