Kintore Reserve
This reserve is located on the route of the Silverton Railway which closed in 1970. The wooden headframe was relocated from the Kintore Shaft at the Central Mine in 1984 to make way for open cut mining activities. The shaft was named after the Earl of Kintore, the first chairman of the Central Mine. The reserve also has large sculptures by Broken Hill artist, Pro Hart.
Joe Keenan Lookout
This lookout provides an excellent panoramic view of Broken Hill and the line of lode. It was named in honour of Peter Joseph Keenan, President of the Barrier Industrial Council from 1969 to 1985, and city Alderman from 1953 to 1962. Adjacent is the Mica Street filtration plant which still retains the original stone reservoir built in 1894 to take water pumped from the Stephens Creek Reservoir.
White Rocks Reserve
This Reserve contains a milky quartz outcrop which was the site of a small arms exchange known as "The Battle of Broken Hill . It was the only battle of World War I fought on Australian soil and resulted in the death of the two ambushers. The incident occurred on 1 January 1915 when two Afghan immigrants, ice cream vendor, Gool Mohammed and camel driver Mulla Abdulla, ambushed a train carrying civilians en route to an annual picnic in nearby Silverton. Being Muslims, both men had sworn allegiance to the Sultan of Turkey and considered themselves at war with Australia. After the ambush, which took place at Trail No. 107 and claimed four lives, the men retreated to this nearby hill called White Rocks where they were killed by police and volunteer military forces after a three-hour gun battle. A replica ice cream cart now stands at the site of the shoot-out.
Sturt Park
Beautiful Sturt Park has large grassed areas, a wonderful display of roses and flowers, a skate park and a fenced adventure playground for children (including a gas barbecue and a covered picnic area with tables and chairs). This park was gazetted as Central Reserve in 1895 and was the hub of considerable social activity during Broken Hill's early years. It was renamed Sturt Park in 1944 to commemorate the centenary of the inland explorations of Captain Charles Sturt. It contains a fine rotunda. A water fountain and rose garden near the rotunda are monuments to Prime Minister John Curtin.There is also a memorial to the bandsmen on the steamship Titanic who continued to play as the ship went down on its maiden voyage on 14 April 1912 and 1,517 people drowned. It seems remarkable that, in this isolated inland community, the city s first monument abound commemorates an incident that occurred in icy seas on the other side of the globe. The memorial suggestion came originally from the bandsmen of Broken Hill, with whom the heroic incident struck a chord of sympathy. There was much debate about the monument before it was officially opened on Sunday, December 21 1913 (20 months after the sinking).
Titanic memorial, Sturt Park
A row erupted over the direction the Titianc monument was facing - towards a much-travelled pathway. The architect, Mr E Barton Hack, strongly opposed any change in the orientation of the structure, as "based on ancient heraldry, the rising sun should shine on the portion of the inscription which includes the names of the persons to whom honour the monument erected; the setting sun should shine on that portion of the inscription which states the object for which the memorial was erected." Hack was eventually ignored and the monument was changed around, leaving the names of those brave men to face the setting rather than the rising sun. A collection of Titanic Memorabilia, put together over many years by local Titanic aficianado Bradley Falappi, may be viewed at the Research Centre at the Synagogue of the Outback Museum at 165 Wolfram Street.
A.J. Keast Park
This park was originally dedicated as Hillside Reserve in 1897. It was renamed in 1940 in honour of Asdruebal James Keast, General Manager of the Zinc Corporation from 1936 to 1946. Keast was responsible for major surface construction and underground development at the Zinc Mine between 1936 and 1939. The Zinc Corporation converted the reserve into a well equipped public recreation area in the 1940s.
Block 10 Lookout
This lookout provides an excellent panoramic view of the southern part of the line of lode, particularly the old Zinc and NBHC mines and the current Perilya operation. This hill is so named because it was the site of the Block 10 Mine's concentration mill which was erected in 1903 and connected to the mine by an aerial ropeway. Evidence of the mill, which operated until 1923, still survives. The hill is also the location of four reservoirs which contribute to the water supply system.
Battle of Broken Hill Site
An ore truck marks the site of the Broken Hill picnic train attack on New Year's Day 1915. Depending on your point of view, Alma Cowie was the first Australian to be killed by the enemy on home soil in World War I, or the first Australian to fall to an act of terrorism. The 17-year old girl was one of 1,200 residents of Broken Hill who were riding the Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows New Year's Day picnic train to Silverton that day. 48 shots at the train. Three people were killed and 10 were injured in the attack in which two Turks engaged in their own two-man war against Australia. Reporting the incident, the local newspaper made reference to "The Afghan Menace".It was the only battle of World War I fought on Australian soil and resulted in the de sath of the two ambushers. The incident occurred on 1 January 1915 when two Afghan immigrants, ice cream vendor, Gool Mohammed and camel driver Mulla Abdulla, ambushed a train carrying civilians en route to an annual picnic in nearby Silverton. Being Muslims, both men had sworn allegiance to the Sultan of Turkey and considered themselves at war with Australia. After the ambush, the men retreated to a nearby hill called White Rocks where they were killed by police and volunteer military forces after a three-hour gun battle. A replica ice cream cart now stands at the site of the shoot-out. The site of the attack is on a signposted side road off Silverton Road a few kilometres out of Broken Hill.
