BROKEN HILL Traveling east on the Barrier Highway and over the border to NSW the next city and with heightened anticipation reached is Broken Hill. Broken Hill is Australia's longest-lived mining city. In 1844, the explorer Charles Sturt saw and named the Barrier Range, and at the time referred to a "Broken Hill" in his diary. Silver ore was later discovered on this broken hill in 1883 by a boundary rider named Charles Rasp. The "broken hill" that gives its name to Broken Hill actually comprised a number of hills that appeared to have a break in them. The broken hill no longer exists, having been mined away. Given the background Broken Hill has always been a workers city. This evidenced by the:- The art; The pubs; The churches; The museums; And the memorials; What a fantastic place to visit. Be sure to linger for a week to delight in the places and its people.