BROKEN HILL
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V04,
Page 629
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BROKEN See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
HILL
, a See also:silver-See also:mining See also:town of Yancowinna See also:county, New See also:South See also:Wales, See also:Australia, 925 M. directly W. by N. of See also:Sydney, and connected with See also:Adelaide by See also:rail
.
Pop
.
(1901) 27,518
.
One of the neighbouring mines, the Proprietary, is the richest in the See also:world; See also:gold is associated with the silver; large quantities of See also:lead, See also:good See also:copper lodes, See also:zinc and See also:tin are also found
.
The problem of the profitable treatment of the sulphide ores has been practically solved here
.
In addition Broken See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill is the centre of one of the largest See also:pastoral districts in Australia
.
The town is the seat of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop of Wilcannia
.
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