Broken Hill Historical Society

For the Broken Heelers (and all the other visitors in town), just before the Heel festivities really get going tomorrow, Friday, let’s point you to another of the Society’s museums, the Mosque […]

The Broken Hill Historical Society (BHHSoc) has one more of its museums you simply must visit while you’re holidaying in the Broken Hill and Silverton region. It’s the Synagogue of the Outback […]

The Broken Hill City Library is running a terrific oral history workshop on the 30th June from 10am to 2pm titled ‘Broken Hill History Alive’. The workshop is being held at the […]

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 […]

You’ve made it into town from all over Oz, and from even further afield, and then maybe you’re heading out to the Mundi Mundi plains. While you are in town (before or […]

The Broken Hill Historical Society presents: ‘The Cornish in Broken Hill, then and now’. Who’s the special guest speaker? This is Robynne Sanderson, local historian and former Broken Hill Citizen of the […]

A lot has happened with the Broken Hill Historical Society (BHHSoc) in 2021. It’s true, sadly, that it’s been a year pretty much the same as with other cornerstone organisations in town. […]

Recently, a Society member, former Secretary, and now Mosque Museum volunteer, Gary Cook, has shared some of his research on two local historical areas: Australian camels and cameleers, and early Silverton. You […]