Broken Hill landscape with mine head frame |
#BrokenHill is Australia's First Nationally Heritage Listed City #heritagecity #thanksbrokenhill pic.twitter.com/YsXX3IzLms
— Broken Hill Council (@BrokenHillCity) January 20, 2015
"Broken Hill’s outstanding significance to the nation for its role in creating enormous wealth, its enduring and continuing mining, importance to industrial relations and unionism, community resilience and ingenuity as well as our mining and outback landscape have been recognised with this prestigious citation today.
http://forreal.brokenhillaustralia.com.au/australia-first-heritage-city/
Melbourne ABC radio host Red Symons talked today to local Broken Hill National Trust of Australia 40 year member and representative Fran McKinnon about the impending news in his early morning radio show - here's the tweet with a podcast recording link included.
Which is the first Australian town to be heritage listed in its entirety? #Red chats to a member of #BrokenHill: https://t.co/8n1nPrzzbY
— ABC Radio Melbourne (@774melbourne) January 19, 2015
Me and the iconic Broken Hill sculpture - my second trip |
Here are links to other related stories -
ABC Broken Hill's Gavin Coote on 20 January 2015 'Broken Hill to join National Heritage Listing' and 'Broken Hill poised to become first entire Australian city to join National Heritage List'; ABC Broken Hill today also published a story by Alexandra Back, Gavin Coote and Julie Clift - 'Explainer: Broken Hill National Heritage listing'.
Barrier Daily Truth's - Erica Visser on 19 January 2015 - 'Long-awaited announcement expected'.
Once again, let's all rejoice!
Congratulations Broken Hill also known as the Silver City, no wonder I love you!
Cheers, Jane Deany
Melbourne based Broken Hill 'lover', blogging about Broken Hill since 2011.
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