SILVERTON AND ANOTHER VISIT TO BROKEN HILL
A walk across the creek and around central Silverton revealed much of the history of the old town. Briefly in the 1880's it was the main town in the area with a population of several thousand but was bypassed with the rise of Broken Hill. Today it has a permanent population of only around forty but remains a place of interest for tourists and Broken Hill residents.
The old Silverton Tramway.
The cemetery with its memorial of pick-heads.
Some fame and continuing film-making interest has come from Mad Max.
An afernoon revisit to Broken Hill let us see the "Big Picture" at the "Silver City Art Centre and Mint" - a wrap around canvas 12 meters high and 100 meters long depicting much of the SA-NSW bush - quite mind-blowing and worth the entry fee. We also drove up to the Line of Lode to see the mine and town from an elevated position.
Memorial to mine fatalities over the years.
An afernoon revisit to Broken Hill let us see the "Big Picture" at the "Silver City Art Centre and Mint" - a wrap around canvas 12 meters high and 100 meters long depicting much of the SA-NSW bush - quite mind-blowing and worth the entry fee. We also drove up to the Line of Lode to see the mine and town from an elevated position.
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