James Hebbard (July 1862 – 29 November 1941) was a miner who became manager of the Great Central Mine, Broken Hill.

Around 1855 they joined the exodus from South Australia to the Victorian goldfields, and spent some time at Fryer's Creek, near Castlemaine, then around 1861 settled at Bendigo.

In June 1884 Hebbard began work underground at the Hen and Chickens mine, Broken Hill, when the famous W. R. Wilson was manager.

Then at the end of 1885 he took a managerial position with the Britannia and Scotia Silver Mining Company; six months later he had returned to his post with BHP.

At great expense they rebuilt the mill, administration block, power house, and all other such facilities on the South Broken Hill side of the mine.

Courtney, while in England during 1903–04 sent out a model plant to demonstrate the Cattermole process of froth flotation, which promised to separate heavy ores from the lighter stuff.

Minerals Separation, Limited in London discovered the process, and sent staff to Broken Hill to build the plant.