Broken Hill Historical Society

Closed because of volunteer illness Silverton School Educational Museum will now re-open Friday 9th June from 9am to 3.30pm. It will then be open also on Saturday 10th, Sunday 11th, and Monday […]

You may have missed last Tuesday’s episode of ‘Who Do You Think You Are’ focusing on Jenny Brockie, recently retired from hosting Insight on SBS TV. This episode has a big story […]

Broken Hill Historical Society will not be holding a June General Meeting this year. Could online members let some members who are not online know, if they happen to be in touch […]

Larry Angell has been everywhere in the last month or so as he has told us all about the re-opening of White’s Mining Museum and Mineral Art Gallery and his role as […]

‘Facebook group helps tell stories of the Hill’ by Jason Irvine, January 10, 2023 Social media may not always be a force for good, but an amateur history buff with a love […]

The Mosque Museum is celebrating Broken Hill’s history of cameleers on Friday 21 October. The attached pic lets you know what time and what’s happening. If you have a cameleer background in […]

Every now and again someone who visits one of our museums (those run by the Historical Society) writes a note of appreciation. This one came to the BH Council’s Visitor Information Centre, […]

We have one last ‘big’ museum joy to tell you about: the Silverton Gaol Museum, also run by the Broken Hill Historical Society (BHHSoc). Out at Silverton (of course!). And it’s open […]

And now you’ve made it to Silverton. Well done. Gorgeous little town. One treasure is a stunning little museum run by Broken Hill Historical Society (BHHSoc): the Silverton School Educational Museum. Grab […]

So you’re in Broken Hill? Having travelled from … just about anywhere. Broken Hill Historical Society (BHHSoc) has one more of our museum treasures for you to see in town, especially if […]