Tag: New South Wales
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The Battle of Broken Hill
The Battle of Broken Hill On 1 January 1915, the quiet mining town of Broken Hill, New South Wales, experienced one of the most unexpected attacks in Australian history. While many residents celebrated the New Year with a picnic train excursion, two men launched a violent assault that would later be known as the Battle Read more
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Bondi Sculptures By The Sea 2025
Bondi Sculptures By The Sea 2025 Returning in 2025 Bondi Sculptures by the Sea initially suffered from uncertain funding. Despite last minute support from NRMA the uncertainty appears to have affected the number of sculptures on display. There certainly looks fewer on display than in previous years, with the official website stating more than 100 Read more
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Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel
Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel Nestled beneath Mount Gibraltar near Mittagong in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales is a Victorian-era single-track railway tunnel that today houses racks of cultivated exotic fungi. The Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel (sometimes called the Mount Gibraltar tunnel) is a surviving piece of 19th-century railway engineering that has had at least three Read more