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BROKEN See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
HILL , a See also:silver-See also:mining See also:town of Yancowinna See also:county, New See also:South See also:Wales, See also:Australia, 925 M. directly W. by N. of See also:Sydney, and connected with See also:Adelaide by See also:rail. Pop. (1901) 27,518. One of the neighbouring mines, the Proprietary, is the richest in the See also:world; See also:gold is associated with the silver; large quantities of See also:lead, See also:good See also:copper lodes, See also:zinc and See also:tin are also found. The problem of the profitable treatment of the sulphide ores has been practically solved here. In addition Broken Hill is the centre of one of the largest See also:pastoral districts in Australia. The town is the seat of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:bishop of Wilcannia.
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