The Broken Earth Complex

The Centre opened by the Deputy Prime Minster, the Hon. John Anderson in April 2001 as part of the Federation project initiatives. The Centre is located on the highest point of the Line of Lode remnant mullock (skimp) dumps which transverse the City of Broken Hill. The Centre is located on a mining lease held by CBH Ltd.

The Visitors Centre is also the access point to the Miner’s Memorial, which records the deaths of over 816 miners in Broken Hill mines.

A national tourism icon the Centre sits 54 metres above the City of Broken Hill and is only accessible from the road named Federation Way. The $1.84m Miners’ Memorial and Visitors’ Centre were completed in December 2000.

In 1996 and 1997 university students from Adelaide were involved in a field trip to the mining community of Broken Hill where the remaining operational company had offered to lease the non-working surface infrastructure along the 7.3km Line of Lode orebody to the community for development as a centre for tourism and education.

In 1996 students worked on designs for a Visitors’ Centre at the South Mine and a Miners’ Memorial and restaurant on Delprats Dump. In 1997 they worked on a mining museum and exhibition centre at the North Mine site.