Broken Hill is the largest regional centre in the western half of New South Wales. Broken Hill City encompasses a total land area of about 180 square kilometres and includes a township and surrounding rural areas. Mining and tourism are important industries, with some sheep farming.
NOTE: The land use shown in the map is derived from ABS Mesh Block categories. Mesh Blocks broadly identify land use and are not designed to provide definitive land use. It is purely an indicator of the main planned land use for a Mesh Blocks. For more information please refer to ABS Mesh Block categories.
Transportation Networks
- Barrier Highway
- Silver City Highway
- Western railway line
- Broken Hill Airport
Distances
- Adelaide GPO 500km
- Canberra GPO 1,000km
- Melbourne GPO 800km
- Sydney GPO 1,100km
Major Industrial Precincts
- Bemax Mineral Separation Plant
- CBH RASP Mine
- Perilya Broken Hill Mine