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Broken Hill & Line of Lode Mine[edit]

Original - Broken Hill, NSW, one of Australia's iconic mining towns, backed by the man-made mullock heaps from the Line of Lode mine (the mullock heaps are the 'hills' that stretch across this image). Over 800 workers lost their lives working this mine.
Reason
What blew me away when I went to Broken Hill was that the town was built around, but not on, these enormous denuded hills. When I looked into it I found out that the 'hills' were actually the mullock heap (waste heap) from the century plus of mining operations, and the town has simply formed around it. I reckon this image does a pretty good job of capturing the feel of the place and showing the scale of the mining operations.
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Broken Hill, New South Wales
Mining in Australia
City of Broken Hill
Broken Hill Ore Deposit
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jjron
  • Support as nominator jjron (talk) 04:50, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Well done. —αἰτίας •discussion• (Happy new year!) 05:34, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support It does a great job of conveying the scene, but the trees, and to a lesser extent the dirt, look unsharp.--HereToHelp 12:56, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Great image and adds value to many articles!--Mbz1 (talk) 15:29, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per Mbz Muhammad Mahdi Karim (talk) 16:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per above. S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s (Talk to Me) 22:01, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak support Valuable image. Unfortunately telephone lines span a large portion of foreground. I still like it enough to stand behind the nom. DurovaCharge! 05:55, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Encyclopedic and technically decent. Would make a fine FP. --Sharkface217 05:04, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - I like the flock of white birds in flight. Also, further proof that mining is a terrible thing. Saudade7 04:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Not to get too off-topic, but without any form of mining, we'd all be living in the stone age... ;-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 07:52, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Broken Hill Town & Line of Lode Pano, NSW, 08.07.2007.jpg MER-C 02:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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