{"product_id":"the-richest-lode-broken-hill-1883-1988","title":"The Richest Lode. Broken Hill 1883-1988","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the nineteenth century Broken Hill achieved world-wide fame in mining circles of the richness and size of its silver-lead-zinc deposits. It also became on of the strongest trades union towns in the world, and for much of its life a law unto itself on the western edge of New South Wales. Proximity to South Australia and neglect by the home-State government produced closer associations with Adelaide than with Sydney, while mining company connections were mainly with Melbourne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are many books on Broken Hill; this is the first to analyse its development as an urban place and the first to examine the city, its setting, its region, and its institutions comprehensively through more than a century. The text is profusely illustrated by 600 photographs and diagrams from many sources. The work was commissioned by the Broken Hill City Council to commemorate the incorporation of the municipality in September 1888, five years after mining activity began and 100 years after the first white settlement of Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hale \u0026 Iremonger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67366355697709,"sku":"095783392X","price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0001\/8989\/files\/9780957833920.webp?v=1787030537","url":"https:\/\/shop.redflag.org.au\/products\/the-richest-lode-broken-hill-1883-1988","provider":"Red Flag Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}