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The Living Desert & Sculptures

The Living Desert is Broken Hill City Council’s contribution to the environment, for the protection of native flora and fauna and for the better management of our ecosystem and sustainability.

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White Cliffs

Venture underground in this quirky little town built into rocky cliffs and fossick through opal fields to find your very own treasure.

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Getting Here

Travel distances between outback townships can be long and the road rugged. Doing some homework on your route options can make all the difference!
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Milparinka Heritage Precinct/Milparinka Courthouse

Milparinka Heritage Precinct.

The Heritage Precinct is in two parts. The restored historic buildings and a new history centre are all located on the eastern end of Loftus Street, behind the Courthouse, while additional purpose-built centres are adjacent to the public toilets.

There will soon be fifteen or so separate interpretive spaces to visit, each thoroughly researched and professionally published.

The themes cover pastoralism, mining, geology, Aboriginal heritage, pioneer women, education, health, what was at Milparinka, the ANZAC story, Sturt's expedition, the Kidman story, post and telegraph, wild dog fence, and astronomy.

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