Broken Hill
Americannoun
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a city in western New South Wales, in southeast Australia: mining center.
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former name of Kabwe.
noun
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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
But then Broken Hill reported a few coronavirus cases, and the border bubble burst.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
With his cast in place, Miller set a late-2010 shoot in Broken Hill, Australia, the desert mining town where he had filmed the first two “Mad Max” movies.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2020
On the train we found several Sydney friends; among them a Judge who was going out on circuit, and was going to hold court at Broken Hill, where the celebrated silver mine is.
From Following the Equator, Part 2 by Twain, Mark
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