Pilbara newspapers

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Pilbara newspapers This is a selection of newspapers published in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The rise and fall of some of the newspapers reflect the shifts and changes in population in various localities of the region as mining starts and moves through different zones, and also as some mining operations are exhausted or closed.

Contents

[edit] Earlier newspapers

Pilbarra goldfield news - (The modern spelling of the name of the region is: Pilbara).

  • Dates - 19 February 1897 to 20 March 1923 (first in Marble Bar and then, from 1912, in Port Hedland).

[edit] Post 1960-

[edit] North west times

North west news : a journal of Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates,

  • Dates - Issue 1 (June 1985)]-Biweekly
Published by Robe River Iron Associates from Issue 22 (Apr. 18, 1986)-
Includes Wickham observer vol. 9, no. 21 (Jun. 14, 1985) and Pannawonica news.

[edit] Hedland times

Hedland times.

Dates - No. 1. 22 June 1967 - 2 Nov. 1978.

Distribution area: Goldsworthy; Marble Bar; Newman; Onslow; Port Hedland; Dampier; Mt Tom Price; Roebourne; Point Samson; Nullagine; Wittenoom; Barrow Island; South Hedland; Cooke Point; Finucane Island; Karratha; Shay Gap; Paraburdoo.

[edit] Pilbara times

Pilbara times. Also known as The new Pilbara times

Perth, W.A. - Country Newspapers Pty Ltd.
Dates - 9 Nov. 1978 - vol. 14, no. 171 25 Aug. 1983. Weekly on Thursday.
Distribution: Port Hedland; Wickham; Marble Bar; Onslow; South Hedland; Goldsworthy; Dampier; Telfer; Cooke Point; Finucane Island; Karratha; Newman; Tom Price; Roeburne; Point Samson; Nullagine; Shay Gap; Paraburdoo; Wittenoom; Pannawonica.

[edit] Hamersley news

Hamersley news.

Perth, W.A. Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd.
Dates - Vol. 1, no. 1. 20 Mar. 1969 - Sep. 1972 - Monthly
Vol. 5, no. 1, 26 Oct. 1972 - v. 13, no. 6, 27 Mar. 1980 - Fortnightly.
Distribution: Dampier; Karratha; Tom Price; Paraburdoo.

followed by - Pilbara advertiser.

[edit] Pilbara advertiser

Pilbara advertiser.

Karratha W.A. Pilbara Advertiser
Dates - 11 Apr. 1980-24 Aug. 1983. - Weekly on Wednesday.
Fortnightly to 23 May 1980;
Weekly on Friday from 30 May 1980 to 21 Nov. 1980;
Weekly on Thursday from 27 Nov. 1980 to 28 April 1983;
Weekly on Wednesday from 4 May 1983.
Distribution: Tom Price; Onslow; Newman; Goldsworthy; Karratha; Dampier; Paraburdoo; Wickham; Roeburne; Port Hedland; South Hedland; Nullagine; Wittenoom; Finucane Island; Marble Bar; Pannawonica; Shay Gap.

followed by - North west telegraph

[edit] North west telegraph

North West telegraph.

Albany [W.A.] : Albany Advertiser
Dates - 31 Aug. 1983 - Weekly on Wednesday.
Published by Provincial Publications of WA, Rockingham, then by Albany Advertiser, Albany.
From 31 Aug. 1983-6 June 1984 issued in three editions: Gascoyne edition, Pilbara edition, Kimberley edition.

- combining of North west telegraph (Pilbara edition), ISSN 0813-961X; and, North west telegraph (Kimberley edition), ISSN 0814-0308.

also at: http://www.westregional.com.au/papers/nwt/index.html
Distribution: Port Hedland; Newman; Marble Bar; Onslow; Tom Price; Goldsworthy; Broome; Meekatharra; Nullagine; Paraburdoo.

Former - Northern times - North west telegraph (Pilbara edition) 0813-961X

[edit] Pilbara news

Pilbara news.

Karratha, W.A. : Pilbara News. ISSN 1447-0101
Distribution: Karratha; Dampier; Tom Price; Paraburdoo; Pannawonica; Wickham; Onslow; Gascoyne Junction; Roeburne.

[edit] News of the North

News of the North.

Perth W.A.: West Australia Newspapers
Dates 28 Aug. 1968-15 Jan. 1987. Weekly on Thursday
Supplement to the West Australian.
Weekly on Wednesday from 28 Aug. 1968-2 Mar. 1977;
Weekly on Tuesday from 8 Mar. 1977-8 April 1980;
Weekly on Thursday from 17 April 1980. - 15 Jan 1987.
Distribution: Kalbarri; Denham; Yalgoo; Mt Magnet; Cue; Meekatharra; Sandstone; Laverton; Wiluna; Carnarvon; Wittenoom; Nullagine; Marble Bar; Exmouth; Onslow; Dampier; Tom Price; Mt Newman; Roeburne; Port Hedland; Goldsworthy; Broome; Derby; Cockatoo Island; Koolan Island; Fitzroy Crossing; Hall's Creek; Kununurra; Wyndham.

[edit] Pilbara Echo

Pilbara Echo.

Karratha, W.A. : Coral Coast Print.
Dates 28 Feb. 2008 - on. Weekly on Saturday
Distribution: Karratha; Dampier; Wickham, Roebourne, Pt Samson.
also at: http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au

[edit] Source of dates and publication details

State Library of Western Australia website catalogue - http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/

[edit] References

  • Mallett, Kathleen.(1993) ‘’To the bar bonded : a history of early Marble Bar’’ Newman, W.A : East Pilbara Shire ; Carlisle, W.A : Hesperian Press. ISBN 0859051781 - History of Pilbarra goldfield news - p.211-213

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