Broken Hill (the Silver City)

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city mining city

Broken Hill (the Silver City) is a historic mining city in far western New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its rich silver, lead, and zinc deposits and its distinctive outback heritage.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Broken Hill 19
Broken Hill urban area 1
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia 1

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
mining city ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
demographicType regional population centre ⓘ
distanceFromCoast far inland ⓘ
economicBase mineral extraction ⓘ
services for mining industry ⓘ
geographicalSetting Australian outback ⓘ
hasBuiltHeritage historic streetscapes ⓘ
mining infrastructure ⓘ
hasCharacteristic arid climate ⓘ
remote location ⓘ
strong mining culture ⓘ
hasCulturalTheme mining heritage ⓘ
outback lifestyle ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity mining ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasIdentity mining town ⓘ
outback city ⓘ
hasIndustry base metals mining ⓘ
hasLandscape semi-desert surroundings ⓘ
heritageStatus historic mining centre ⓘ
isInland true ⓘ
knownFor lead mining ⓘ
outback heritage ⓘ
silver mining ⓘ
zinc mining ⓘ
locatedIn far western New South Wales ⓘ
nickname Silver City NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Far West region of New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Far West New South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
resourceType lead deposits ⓘ
silver deposits ⓘ
zinc deposits ⓘ
state New South Wales ⓘ
tourismAttractionType heritage tourism ⓘ
outback tourism ⓘ
transportRole regional service centre ⓘ
urbanType regional city ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

City of Broken Hill → administrativeCentre → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Barrier Highway → connects → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
New South Wales state highway network → connects → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Broken Hill line → connectsTo → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
City of Broken Hill → contains → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Outback New South Wales → contains → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Yancowinna County → contains → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Barwon → containsTown → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
BHP Group → foundedInPlace → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Barrier Ranges → hasCity → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Yancowinna County → hasMajorUrbanCentre → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Regional New South Wales → hasPart → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
South Australian rail network → includesCity → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
City of Broken Hill → jurisdictionOver → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill urban area
City of Broken Hill → namedAfter → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Silver City Highway → namedAfter → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
Barrier Ranges → near → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Baaka → passesNear → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Barrier Highway → passesThrough → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Silver City Highway → passesThrough → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
City of Broken Hill → seat → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill
Broken Hill line → terminus → Broken Hill (the Silver City) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broken Hill