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 […]
Visiting the Synagogue of the Outback Museum on holiday
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 […]
‘Broken Hill History Alive’: 30 June workshop

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 […]
In town for Mundi Mundi Bash? Visit our museums. 4: the Silverton Gaol Museum
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 […]
In town for Mundi Mundi Bash? Visit our museums. 3: the Silverton School Museum
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 […]
In town for Mundi Mundi Bash? Visit our museums: 2. the Mosque Museum
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 […]
In town for Mundi Mundi Bash? Visit our museums. 1: the Synagogue Museum
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 […]
Special guest speaker next (April) meeting!
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 […]
What a year for the Historical Society
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. […]
Some research on Australian camels, cameleers, and early Silverton
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 […]