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TOURIST AWARD
Highly Commended My Nanna’s Place offers very clean comfortable and affordable

Retro Kitchen fully equip
Lounge Room TV 38inch with DVD & Movies
3 x Bedroms 1/1 x Queen 2/ 2 x Singles 3/ 1 x Double
Bathroom with full size bath
Laundry facilities
Outdoor BBQ area
Enclosed backyard
Off street parking
Optional Magazines and tourists information

02/11/2026

Lake Pamamaroo Dusk. Photo taken 11.10.2026.

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Broken Hill, NSW, 1892 - The Miners' Strike That Divided Australia's Silver City

In 1892, Broken Hill became the centre of a bitter industrial confrontation as miners resisted changes to employment conditions in one of Australia's most important silver-mining districts.

The dispute intensified when mine owners sought greater freedom to introduce contract labour. Workers organised demonstrations, public meetings and picketing, while families and supporters joined the campaign to defend union conditions.

Tensions rose as replacement workers arrived and police intervened. Strike leaders were arrested, and the prolonged stoppage placed enormous financial pressure on mining families already struggling to survive.

The strike ended in November 1892 without achieving the workers' principal demands. Nevertheless, it became a defining chapter in Broken Hill's labour history, remembered for the determination of miners and the involvement of women in the struggle.

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Address

524 Crystal Street
Broken Hill, NSW
2880

Telephone

+61409698029

Website

http://www.mynannasplace.com.au/, http://www.facebook.com/mynannasplace.

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