The Pilbarra[a] Goldfield News was a newspaper published from 19 February 1897 to 20 March 1923, first in Marble Bar and then, from 1912, in Port Hedland, and is considered one of the earliest publications from the Pilbara.[1][2] The goldfield located in the Pilbara region was separated into two parts as early as 1896,[3][4] included mining in Marble Bar, Nullagine,[5] Yandacoogina,[6] and other localities near Marble Bar and Nullagine.
It was regularly quoted by Perth based newspapers such as the Daily News for information about Pilbara matters,[7][8] as well as commenting and lobbying for the eventual Port Hedland - Marble Bay railway.[9]
Publication details edit
Marble Bar, W.A. : Ernest A. Williams, 1897-[1923]
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 19, 1897)- From Aug. 6, 1912 published at Port Hedland, Western Australia
Ceased publication on 20 March 1923.[10]
Notes edit
- ^ The spelling reflects that of the region name at the time.
References edit
- ^ "OURSELVES". The Pilbarra Goldfield News. Vol. I, no. 1. Western Australia. 19 February 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 26 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ The Pilbarra goldfields news, Pilbarra Goldfields News, 1897, retrieved 2 October 2021 - the library microform entry notes: Published at Marble Bar 19 Feb. 1897-27 July 1912. "Printed and published by Ernest A. Williams (19 Feb. 1897-24 Sept. 1897),[and then by others (1 Oct. 1897-27 July 1912)] for the proprietors at their Printing Works, Francis-street, Marble Bar, in the colony of Western Australia" (vol. 1, no. 1 (19 Feb. 1897)); then at Port Hedland (6 Aug. 1912-20 Mar. 1923), "[Final issues] printed and published by the Proprietor, T.G. Heyden, Richardson Street, Port Hedland" (13 Aug. 1912)
- ^ Western Australia. Department of Mines (1896), West Pilbarra G.F., Pilbarra G.F, Dept. of Mines, retrieved 2 October 2021
- ^ Western Australia., Department of Mines; Western Australia. Parliament. Minutes and votes and proceedings of the Parliament ... with papers presented to both Houses (1904), Map of Pilbarra and West Pilbarra Goldfields Western Australia, Dept. of Mines, retrieved 2 October 2021
- ^ "PILBARRA GOLDFIELD". The Inquirer and Commercial News. Vol. LII, no. 1570. Western Australia. 16 January 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 2 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PILBARRA GOLDFIELD". Western Argus. Vol. 40, no. 2246. Western Australia. 4 July 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "THE PILBARRA GOLDFIELD NEWS". The Daily News. Western Australia. 18 September 1907. p. 5 (THIRD EDITION). Retrieved 10 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "LOCAL AND GENERAL". Northern Times. Vol. XVII, no. 842. Western Australia. 1 April 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MINING NEWS". The Pilbarra Goldfield News. Western Australia. 6 July 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ The Pilbarra goldfields news, Ernest A. Williams, 1897, retrieved 10 January 2020