[1] Extensions to the Eastern Goldfields Railway, the line from Kalgoorlie to Menzies was begun in August 1897, and reached Broad Arrow on 6 November the same year.

Other facilities included a hospital, three churches, Salvation Army Hall, a chemist, two banks, police station with resident magistrate, a mining registrar, a post office, a cordial factory, six grocery stores and two draperies, and blacksmith and bakers' shops.

The town was the administrative centre for smaller settlements in the area including Ora Banda, Smithfield, Black Flat, White Flag and Grant's Patch.

[3] A 10,000,000 imp gal (45,000 kl) dam was built for the Public Works Department in Broad Arrow in 1897.

The movie Nickel Queen was filmed here in 1971, using the town's remaining hotel, the Broad Arrow Tavern.