The Australian Opal Centre is located in Lightning Ridge, on Yuwaalaraay Country, in the Far West region of New South Wales. The Centre is an extraordinary national museum being developed in the outback opal mining town of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales to preserve, display and research the greatest ever public collection of Australian opal, […]
Walgett Historical Society Museum is located in the town of Walgett, on Gamilaraay Country, in northern New South Wales. Located in the original Walgett Shire Building built in 1913, the museum features a splendid example of pressed tin interiors â believed to be the only example left in their area. Walgett means ‘the meeting of […]
Lightning Ridge Heritage Cottage Hospital Gallery is located in the town of Lightning Ridge, on Yuwaalaraay Country, in the Far West region of New South Wales. Managed by the Lightning Ridge Historical Society, the site is home to a 1930s opal miners’ hut furnished with items of local historical interest. On the same block, there […]
Located at Silverton on Wilyakali Country in the Far West of NSW and run by the Broken Hill Historical Society, the Silverton Gaol Museum is one of the former mining town’s main visitor attractions. Aside from displaying numerous objects relating to the evolution of mining at Silverton and its surrounding localities and mines, the museum […]
The Outback Mosque Museum is located in the historic mining town of Broken Hill, on Wilyakali Country, in the Far West of New South Wales. The mosque was built c. 1891 by the townâs early South-East Asian cameleers as a place of worship for the followers of the Prophet Mohammed. It was located alongside a […]
Built 1891-1905 Trades Hall is one of the few surviving Victorian buildings in Broken Hill. It is prominently located and has been little altered externally since it was built. Its chief internal feature is a vast painted ceiling in a geometrical pattern. The Trades Hall Collection consists of a wide variety of artefacts associated with […]
Albert Kersten Mining and Minerals Museum, also known as the GeoCentre, is located in the historic mining city of Broken Hill, on Wilyakali Country, in the Far West Region of New South Wales. Located in an historic bond store building, this âmust seeâ geological science museum traces and showcases Broken Hillâs rich mining history. On […]
The Broken Hill Trades Hall Trust collection is housed in the historic Trades Hall building in Broken Hill, on Wilyakali Country, in the Far West of New South Wales. The Trades Hall building was built from 1891 to 1905 and is a renowned example of Victorian-era civic architecture. Dating from the late nineteenth century, the […]
The Sulphide Street Railway and Historical Museum is in the mining town of Broken Hill, on Wilyakali Country, in the Far West region of New South Wales. The Museum occupies the former 1905 tram station. Its displays tell stories about the townâs industrial, transport and cultural heritage. Highlights include locomotives and memorabilia from the Silverton […]
The Broken Hill Outback Archives occupies the first floor of the Broken Hill City Library, which is located in the historic mining city of Broken Hill, on Wiljali Country, in the Far West region of New South Wales. Since the early 1960âs the city’s librarians have collected a considerable quantity of archival material which was kept […]
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