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New South Wales

Broken Hill, Silver City tips

Old dump ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: miners' camp refuse.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

The 1883 silver-lead-zinc line of lode built an instant city in the desert; extensive early tips and camp grounds ring the town below the mullock skyline.

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