White Cliffs
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Arts, culture and heritage in White Cliffs
Opals were found in the area as early as 1884, the first store and hotel opened in 1892 and miners soon arrived to dig their fortune out of the ground. Make sure you buy an opal keepsake from one of the world’s most unusual towns.
About White Cliffs
White Cliffs is an opal-mining town where residents mainly live underground to escape the heat. Ninety-eight km from Wilcannia, this bizarre moonscape-like landscape is comprised of thousands of hillocks of earth dug and discarded in the quest for opals.
White Cliffs has a last-frontier kind of appeal. Its quirky, laconic residents have many stories to tell of wealth won and lost. The miners work, live and breathe their unusual underground existence. At the Pioneer Children’s Cemetery, you can learn about the harsh early history of White Cliffs or follow the self-guided heritage trail.
Mutawintji and Paroo-Darling national parks are nearby.
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White Cliffs General Store
White Cliffs General Store. Image Broken Hill Tourism
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Mutawintji National Park
Gorges at Mutawintji National Park
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Mining at White Cliffs
View of house with mining in the background. Image Dorothea Schmid
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