Broken Hill (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Broken Hill Silver Mines, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086L/80
Scope and Contents
350 x 274 mm. A view of a cluster of mine buildings in operation, with excavated earth in the foreground.
Dates:
1909
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
Broken Hill Silver Mines, 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086M/50
Scope and Contents
A view looking towards the mines, with a railway track in the foreground, and a residential district in the distance.
Dates:
1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
New South Wales, 1911
Item
Mining at Broken Hill, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/43
Scope and Contents
A view looking towards the mines, with a railway line in the foreground, and a residential district in the distance. Situated in the far west of New South Wales, on the Barrier Range, the area was the subject of a gold rush in 1867. No gold was found and it was not until 1875 that it was discovered that the area contained enormous reserves of extremely concentrated silver lead ore. In the 1950's, even after extensive working, geologists estimated that the mines would continue to be...
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
New South Wales, 1908
Item
Mining at Broken Hill, 1908
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086K/44
Scope and Contents
A view of a mine in operation at Broken Hill.
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
New South Wales, 1908