History The earliest human settlers in the area around Broken Hill are thought to have been the Wiljakali Indigenous Australians, once thought to have only intermittently lived in the area because of the lack of permanent water sources. thumb|right|The Broken Hill Town Hall, completed in 1890, was the council seat until 1968. thumb|The Township of Broken Hill in the early 1900s The first British to enter the area was the 1844 expedition led by soldier and explorer Charles Sturt. He was guided there along Stephens Creek by an Indigenous teenager from Menindee called Topar. Sturt saw and named the Barrier Range while searching for an inland sea; so naming it because it blocked his journey north.
History The earliest human settlers in the area around Broken Hill are thought to have been the Wiljakali Indigenous Australians, once thought to have only intermittently lived in the area because of the lack of permanent water sources. thumb|right|The Broken Hill Town Hall, completed in 1890, was the council seat until 1968. thumb|The Township of Broken Hill in the early 1900s The first British to enter the area was the 1844 expedition led by soldier and explorer Charles Sturt. He was guided there along Stephens Creek by a.n Indigenous teenager from Menindee called Topar Sturt saw and named the Barrier Range while searching for an inland sea; so naming it because it blocked his journey north.