Background

The Broken Hill City Council has nominated its whole local government area for inclusion on the National Heritage List. The Australian Heritage Council is currently assessing the place. The Australian Heritage Council has titled the nomination the City of Broken Hill.

Broken Hill is Australia's longest lived mining city, where some of the world's major mining companies were founded on the rich mineral deposits and where safe working practises and worker legislation were first developed for miners in Australia.

The Broken Hill landscape is dominated by prominent mining structures along the Line of Lode and is an important place of inspiration for artists, filmmakers and tourists alike.

There is information available on the National Heritage List, the assessment process and how the listing may affect you and the city. You can get this information from the Broken Hill City Council offices and from their web site click here

Please read this information before making your comments.

Your submission may be read by heritage officers in the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and by members of the AHC and the Minister.

Although your submission must include your name and address, your details will be kept confidential, and only provided to the AHC or the Minister with your consent.

Thank you. Your comments have been submitted to the Australian Heritage Council.