Broken Hill

American  

noun

1. a city in western New South Wales, in southeast Australia: mining center.

2. former name of Kabwe.

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Broken Hill British  

noun

1. a town in SE Australia, in W New South Wales: mining centre for lead, silver, and zinc. Pop: 19 834 (2001)

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Example Sentences

Kabwe 1, or Broken Hill Man, is one of the most significant human fossils ever found - and has been in the Natural History Museum in London since 1921, when it was discovered.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

In April, the regional airline had reduced or changed flight times for nine services across four states, including routes between Sydney and Broken Hill, Melbourne and Wagga Wagga, and Adelaide and Port Lincoln.

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2023

Until a few weeks earlier, Treloar’s status as an essential worker enabled him to drive from his ranch in South Australia across the border to Mansfield’s town of Broken Hill for supplies.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

In July 2012, a year and a half after the planned Broken Hill shoot, filming finally commenced on “Fury Road” in the Namibian desert.

From New York Times • May 12, 2020

Before the war the whole of the zinc ore won from the Broken Hill mines in South Australia went to Germany as a matter of course to be converted.

From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette