Pilbara newspapers explained

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.

Titles

TitleYears of publicationStatus
The Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette[1] 1920 - 1947Defunct
Daily Telegraph and North Murchison Gazette[2] 1918 - 1920Defunct
Hamersley News[3] 1972 - 1980Defunct
Hedland Advocate[4] 1906 - 1912Defunct
Hedland Times[5] 1967 - 1978Defunct
Iron Ore Chronicle[6] 1989Defunct
Karratha Guardian[7] 1986 - 1994Defunct
The Manganese Record, Peak Hill, Nullagine and Marble Bar Gazette[8] 1928 - 1941Defunct
Mt. Newman Chronicle[9] 1972 - 1988Defunct
Newman Mail[10] 2007 - 2010Defunct
Newslink[11] 1988? - 1996Defunct
North West News : a journal of Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates, incorporating the Wickham Observer and Pannawonica News[12] 1985 - 1989Defunct
North West Telegraph[13] 1983 - Current
Northern Public Opinion and Mining and Pastoral News[14] 1894 - 1902Defunct
The Nor'-West Times and Northern Advocate[15] 1891 - 1894Defunct
Pilbara Advertiser[16] 1980 - 1983Defunct
Pilbara Echo (Karratha/Dampier ed.)[17] 2008 - Current
Pilbara Echo (Hedland ed.)[18] 2008 - Current
Pilbara News[19] 2002 - Current
Pilbara Times[20] 1978 - 1983Defunct
The Pilbarra Goldfields News[21] 1897 - 1923Defunct
Roebourne Supplement to the Northern Times1912Defunct
What's on in Newman[22] 1993 - 1994Defunct

Earlier newspapers

Pilbarra Goldfield News (note that the modern spelling is 'Pilbara').[23] Published from 19 February 1897 to 20 March 1923, first in Marble Bar and then, from 1912, in Port Hedland.[24]

Post 1960-

Pilbara Echo

Pilbara Echo.

Karratha & Port Hedland, W.A. : Pilbara Newspapers Pty Ltd.

Dates 28 Feb. 2008 – 10 Apr. 2014[25] 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.

North West Times

North West News : a journal of Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates,

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 – https://web.archive.org/web/20180912182347/http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The daily telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra gazette. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia.
  2. Web site: The daily telegraph and north Murchison gazette. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  3. Web site: Hamersley news. 1972. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  4. Web site: Hedland advocate. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  5. Web site: Hedland times. 1967. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  6. Web site: Iron ore chronicle. 1989. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  7. Web site: Karratha guardian. 1986. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  8. Web site: The manganese record, Peak Hill, Nullagine and Marble Bar gazette. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  9. Web site: Mt. Newman chronicle. 1972. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  10. Web site: Newman mail. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  11. Web site: Newslink. 1988. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  12. Web site: North west news. 8 December 2015. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  13. Web site: North West Telegraph. 1983. 6 January 2016. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  14. Web site: Northern Public Opinion and Mining and Pastoral News. 1894. 6 January 2016. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  15. Web site: The Nor'-West Times and Northern Advocate.. 1891. 6 January 2016. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  16. Web site: Pilbara Advertiser. 1980. 6 January 2016. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  17. Web site: Pilbara Echo [Karratha/Dampier]]. 6 January 2016. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  18. Web site: Pilbara Echo. Hedland. 6 January 2016. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  19. Web site: Pilbara News. 6 January 2016. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  20. Web site: Pilbara Times. 1978. 6 January 2016. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  21. Web site: The Pilbarra Goldfields News. 1897. 6 January 2016. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  22. Web site: Newslink. 1988. 6 January 2016. State Library of Western Australia catalogue.
  23. News: OURSELVES. . . I . 1 . Western Australia . 19 February 1897 . 26 June 2017 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  24. section 'Mineral Output' News: Local and General . . XVII . 842 . Western Australia . 1 April 1922 . 16 July 2024 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  25. News: Thank you and farewell . Pilbara Echo . 10 April 2014 . 5 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181032/http://www.pilbaraecho.com.au/2014/04/10/thank-you-and-farewell/ . 14 July 2014 . dmy-all .