Pilbara newspapers
Pilbara newspapers 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
Titles
Title | Years of publication | Status |
---|---|---|
The Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette[1] | 1920 - 1947 | Defunct |
Daily Telegraph and North Murchison Gazette[2] | 1918 - 1920 | Defunct |
Hamersley News[3] | 1972 - 1980 | Defunct |
Hedland Advocate[4] | 1906 - 1912 | Defunct |
Hedland Times[5] | 1967 - 1978 | Defunct |
Iron Ore Chronicle[6] | 1989 | Defunct |
Karratha Guardian[7] | 1986 - 1994 | Defunct |
The Manganese Record, Peak Hill, Nullagine and Marble Bar Gazette[8] | 1928 - 1941 | Defunct |
Mt. Newman Chronicle[9] | 1972 - 1988 | Defunct |
Newman Mail[10] | 2007 - 2010 | Defunct |
Newslink[11] | 1988? - 1996 | Defunct |
North West News : a journal of Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates, incorporating the Wickham Observer and Pannawonica News[12] | 1985 - 1989 | Defunct |
North West Telegraph[13] | 1983 - | Current |
Northern Public Opinion and Mining and Pastoral News[14] | 1894 - 1902 | Defunct |
The Nor'-West Times and Northern Advocate[15] | 1891 - 1894 | Defunct |
Pilbara Advertiser[16] | 1980 - 1983 | Defunct |
Pilbara Echo (Karratha/Dampier ed.)[17] | 2008 - | Current |
Pilbara Echo (Hedland ed.)[18] | 2008 - | Current |
Pilbara News[19] | 2002 - | Current |
Pilbara Times[20] | 1978 - 1983 | Defunct |
The Pilbarra Goldfields News[21] | 1897 - 1923 | Defunct |
Roebourne Supplement to the Northern Times | 1912 | Defunct |
What's on in Newman[22] | 1993 - 1994 | Defunct |
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).
Post 1960-
Pilbara Echo
Pilbara Echo.
- Karratha & Port Hedland, W.A. : Pilbara Newspapers Pty Ltd.
- Dates 28 Feb. 2008 – 10 Apr. 2014[23] on. Weekly on Saturday afternoon.
- Distribution 14,000 copies free weekly: Port Hedland, South Hedland, Wedgefield, Karratha; Dampier; Wickham, Roebourne, Pt Samson, Onslow, Tom Price, Pannawonnica, Paraburdoo. Shire of Roebourne, Shire of Ashburton & Town of Port Hedland.
- also at: http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au or http://www.pilbaranewspapers.com.au
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 title – see – The Northern Times – North West Telegraph (Pilbara edition) 0813-961X
Pilbara News
Pilbara News.
- Karratha, W.A. : Pilbara News. ISSN 1447-0101
- Distribution: Karratha; Dampier; Tom Price; Paraburdoo; Pannawonica; Wickham; Onslow; Gascoyne Junction; Roeburne.
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.
Source of dates and publication details
State Library of Western Australia website catalogue – http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/
See also
- History of Western Australia
- List of newspapers in Australia
- Gascoyne newspapers
- Kimberley newspapers
- Mid West newspapers
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- 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 0-85905-178-1 – History of Pilbarra goldfield news – p. 211-213
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