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Outback sky sparks career in stars
MONASH University student Ida Lichtwark has been spending her holidays at Outback Astronomy in Broken Hill, learning about telescopes while observing the sun and stars.…
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Fire incident report released
UNMANAGED polymeric product usage has been highlighted as a big risk – coming out of a report surrounding Perilya’s Southern Operations underground fire that saw…
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Builder here to save heritage city
BROKEN Hill is a city of crumbling old structures that all deserve to be saved. That’s the opinion of Mat Christie, a builder from Adelaide…
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Council to ‘grow workforce’
BROKEN Hill City Council plans to grow their own workforce for long term sustainability. Council has reviewed its Workforce Management Plan to align with the…
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Financial plan “ambitious but achievable”
BROKEN Hill City Council will look to take on an ambitious but achievable financial plan for the longevity of the city. At council’s June monthly…
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Local gallery celebrates cultural revival
A FAMILY-run Broken Hill gallery is aiming to help to revive and preserve the cultural heritage of the Dieri people of South Australia, thanks to…
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Exploring with the kids
TAKING two young children on an underground mine tour seemed like a great idea. I’m not sure what I imagined would occur during the tour,…
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Mine tour a hidden gem
KEVIN White was sitting with a Sydney newspaper when he started to read about an underground mining experience that was in the top 20 tourist…
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Run #2405 – A chilly night with a classic hare!
Mark Mitchell ON a very cool Wednesday night we arrived at 220 Morish Street for run 2405. With the oldest hare at Hash, the one…
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Family saved by toy collection
WHEN Jake and Ina Lubner hit hard times last year, they at first didn’t know where to turn. “They sold the house we’d been living…
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Mining conference to come to town
THE 30th anniversary of the Australasian Mining History Association will be celebrated in Broken Hill with its annual conference being held in week-long celebrations in…
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Water tank pinched
SOME people will steal anything that isn’t glued down. This time, thieves have made off with a 6000-litre water tank. The item was snatched from…
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