Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum Revisited

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Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum Revisited We have it all! Rail, Transport, Migrant, Hospital Museums in one complex. Visit, stay awhile and en

09/10/2026

Once again we are asking for volunteers! We need someone to cover our Wednesdays, once a fortnight or once a week as our volunteer is on indefinite leave. We also would love to have a couple of extras that we could call on when our permanents are unavailable. We are a happy lot; work well together.
You would need to be reasonably fit to walk around our complex and open and shut out buildings and trains. You would be responsible for selling entry tickets and souvenirs and tallying up the days takings. All easy but you would work with another volunteer to gain confidence. And of course you would love to talk about our fantastic city with visitors.
If this is you please contact Christine Adams. [email protected] or ring 0428874609

08/09/2026

Stationmaster Brad and guide Garry ready and waiting for our journey and beyond guests

The museum is currently selling Cindy Jeffrey prints of locos and the station building in various sizes-something differ...
05/06/2026

The museum is currently selling Cindy Jeffrey prints of locos and the station building in various sizes-something different for that affordable gift

In recent weeks the museum’s longest serving volunteers Ron and June Carter have developed serious health problems and a...
18/05/2026

In recent weeks the museum’s longest serving volunteers Ron and June Carter have developed serious health problems and are unable to continue as volunteers at our museum.
We at the museum are devastated that these wonderful couple will no longer be able to volunteer but they will always be part of the museum family.
Ron joined the Silverton Tramway Company [STC] immediately from leaving school in 1949. He was 18, the minimum age, when he commenced driving Y Class steam engines for the Company. He remained with the STC until they ceased operations in 1970. In fact he never left! Ron was employed by STC in the city until 1975 when the Railway Station, locomotives and memorabilia were bequeathed to the Broken Hill people.
In 1975 Ron was appointed an inaugural member of the Sulphide Street Railway & Historical Museum Trust. When June married Ron Carter in 1956 she married the STC and she fully supported Ron through hard work in fundraising during those early days of creating a museum.
The museum officially opened in 1981 with June and Ron volunteering hours of their time each week. This generosity has continued until this week. Ron told me this week that he did it all for the people of Broken Hill-as did June.
75 years volunteering; 70 years married. What a Legacy! Thank you both. See less

17/05/2026

Tess Alfonzi

She stood just 1.5 metres tall, weighed little more than 59 kilos, and once told a reporter there was “no such word as can’t.” But in the red dust of outback New South Wales, Tess Alfonzi proved that size and gender were no match for determination. The first woman in Broken Hill to own and operate her own mine,  Tess was a miner, businesswoman, and trailblazer in one of Australia’s most male-dominated industries. Born in northern Italy in 1907, she arrived in Broken Hill in 1921  and would go on to build a remarkable life in the harshest of conditions — wielding a hefty pick and geologist’s hammer well into her seventies, and driving a front-end loader  when most her age had long retired. She was awarded the Order of Australia in 1980  — a fitting tribute to a woman who simply refused to be told what she couldn’t do.

More info can found in a our wonderful museum.

Story thanks to Yesterday Stories.

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Tess Alfonzi

The story of Tess Alfonzi, Broken Hill's first female mine owner.

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24/04/2026

The centenary commemoration of WW1 was held at the museum in 2015. Sll schools participated with posters etc. School of the Air contributed with this wonderful video. Unfortunately there was heavy rain that year and the pastoral families were unable to attend. This year the museum honours Anzac Day with a small exhibition including the playing video. So all those that attended SOTA in 2015- you are on air! Exhibit showing until Wednesday.

03/04/2026

Museum open all Easter! 10-3pm

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Broken Hill, NSW
2880

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 3pm
Tuesday 10am - 3pm
Wednesday 10am - 3pm
Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm
Saturday 10am - 3pm
Sunday 10am - 3pm

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+61880884660

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