The Silver Mine

This amazing piece of silverwork is a model of the BHP Block 10 Mine, which was part of the original mine in 1888. The model was made by JM Wendt in 1892 and given to the General Manager of BHP, "Captain" John Warren, just after the mining strike.

Silverton Loses Its Character

October 14th 2014
Started today with a headache so took some tablets and laid in a bit until 9am. It was still really windy and quite chilly. After breakfast, Barry went outside and then called out that the dead bird had disappeared – had I removed it? No, I hadn’t touched it. All that was left were a few colourful feathers on the ground. Something had obviously had a feast during the night. We then went into ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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