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Broken Hill Town Hall, 1906

In the 1870s and 1880s, silver was discovered at Broken Hill, in the far west of New South Wales. The finds attracted unemployed miners from around the country. The town of Broken Hill sprang up quickly, with Argent street as its main road.

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State Library of New South Wales, image 176376

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