| | Broken Hill is a mining town 1100km west of Sydney, in the middle of the desert. It’s one of the most ethnically and religiously diverse places in Australia. Over its history it has been home to the Wilyakali Indigenous people, a Jewish population from about 1880s-1960s, Afghan cameleers, Chinese migrants, and all manner of European backgrounds. Also a thriving drag and LGBTQI community. The local historical society has preserved the Synagogue and the towns Jewish history after the Jewish population slowly gravitated towards Sydney and Melbourne. https://brokenhillhistoricalsociety.com/our-museums/synagogue-of-the-outback-museum/ The Outback is never what you expect. submitted by /u/Rd28T |
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