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Silver City Highway is a 683-kilometre-long (424 mi) [1] highway that links Buronga, New South Wales to the Queensland border via Wentworth, Broken Hill, and Tibooburra, in the arid Far West region of New South Wales; a short branch also connects to Calder Highway on the Victorian border at Curlwaa (signed as Calder Highway).
The famous mining city of Broken Hill is 266 kilometres (165 mi) to the north along the Silver City Highway. Moorna Post Office opened on 22 February 1855 and was renamed Wentworth in 1860. [3] In 1876, Wentworth township was described in the following terms:
Broken Hill is a city in the far west region of outback New South Wales, ... MPC Kinetic Group and TRILITY, running 270 km (170 mi) from Wentworth on the Murray River ...
South Broken Hill is a suburb of the western New South Wales city of Broken Hill in outback Australia. The suburb is located in the City of Broken Hill local government area, separated by the "Line of Lode" from the rest of the city. The Silver City Highway running to Wentworth runs through the suburb.
The Darling River runs south-south-west, leaving the Far West region of New South Wales, to join the Murray River on the New South Wales – Victoria border at Wentworth, New South Wales. The Barrier Highway at Wilcannia, the Silver City Highway at Wentworth and the Broken Hill railway line at Menindee, all cross
The Cadia Mine line connected Spring Hill to Cadia iron ore mine, from 1918 to 1929 (privately operated) and 1943 to 1945. [18] [19] [20] The Broken Hill line, now the mainline between Sydney to Perth, was constructed as a branch from the Main Western at Orange between 1885 and 1927.
–New South Wales; B-double truck on Sturt Highway: Coordinates (West end); (East end); General information; Type: Highway: Length: 947 km (588 mi) [1]: Gazetted: August 1928 (NSW, as Main Road 58) [2] August 1933 (NSW, as State Highway 14) [3] July 1938 (SA) [4] 1939 (VIC) [5]: Route number(s): A20 (2013/2017–present): Former route number: National Highway A20 (1997/1998–2013/2017 ...
The Broken Hill Town Hall, completed in 1890, was the council seat until 1968. Following a petition submitted by residents to the Colonial Secretary on 2 May 1888, the Municipal District of Broken Hill was first incorporated on 22 September 1888.