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Taken on our recent trip to Broken Hill/Silverton.
The Kidman Building
This building started life as a butcher’s shop in Silverton’s very early days. The proprietor was Sackville Kidman, older brother of Sir Sydney Kidman who became known as the Cattle King.
Sydney worked at the store as a fourteen year old, later gaining employment on local stations, where the seeds of one of Australia’s greatest cattle empires were planted.
In the 1930’s, George and Elizabeth Crossing and A. Harding continued to trade as butchers, with the Kidman’s having moved their business into Broken Hill. The building then became a residence until about 1950, when it was used as a grain store. In the early 1980’s, after the filming of part of the TV series “A Town Like Alice” in Silverton, the shop became an Ice Cream Parlour and is still occasionally referred to as this today.
In 2003, the Silverton Village Committee was successful in securing a grant from the NSW Heritage Office and the building, which had fallen into a state of disrepair, was restored. The building was used in an American TV series (The Leftovers) in recent years, where it was a post office.
The Kidman Building
This building started life as a butcher’s shop in Silverton’s very early days. The proprietor was Sackville Kidman, older brother of Sir Sydney Kidman who became known as the Cattle King.
Sydney worked at the store as a fourteen year old, later gaining employment on local stations, where the seeds of one of Australia’s greatest cattle empires were planted.
In the 1930’s, George and Elizabeth Crossing and A. Harding continued to trade as butchers, with the Kidman’s having moved their business into Broken Hill. The building then became a residence until about 1950, when it was used as a grain store. In the early 1980’s, after the filming of part of the TV series “A Town Like Alice” in Silverton, the shop became an Ice Cream Parlour and is still occasionally referred to as this today.
In 2003, the Silverton Village Committee was successful in securing a grant from the NSW Heritage Office and the building, which had fallen into a state of disrepair, was restored. The building was used in an American TV series (The Leftovers) in recent years, where it was a post office.
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