White Rocks Reserve in Broken Hill, NSW is the site of the only bloodshed on Australian soil in World War One. This happened when two ‘Turks’ (actually Pakistanis, but Turkish sympathisers), one an ice cream vendor the other a butcher, attacked the Silverton train as it passed, the train was full of miners heading to Silverton for a picnic. Four locals and the ‘Turks’ were killed in the resulting skirmish. A replica ice cream cart is on display at White Rocks Reserve.


An intriguing slice of history
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A lesson in how feelings can escalate even in a desert far removed from the conflict.
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Great story, those ice cream vendors are a tricky bunch aren’t they?
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Interesting history!
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