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The West Coast Miner
''The West Coast Miner'' was a fortnightly newspaper for the West Coast Tasmanian community, based in Queenstown from December 1975 to 1978. It was originally funded by community arts funding from the Australian Commonwealth Government, and was housed at the Adult Education Office in Queenstown. Jim Nicholls and Jo Beams were the instigators of the project. The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company and Renison Limited supported the newspaper by distributing it to employees. Predecessors It appears there were no locally produced newspapers on the west coast in the mid 20th century following the demise of the earlier newspapers. ''The Advocate'' of Burnie was the main external newspaper to carry west coast news stories. Successors It was succeeded by ''The Westerner'' produced by ''The Mercury'' newspaper, which ran in various forms from 1979 to 1995. * From Apr. 1983, continued as a loose supplement to: The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) -- est coast ed.* From 18 Feb. 1993, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Coast, Tasmania
The West Coast of Tasmania is one of the regions of Tasmania in Australia. It is mainly isolated rough country and is associated with wilderness, mining and tourism. It served as the location of an early convict settlement in the early history of Van Diemen's Land, and contrasts sharply with the more developed and populous northern and eastern parts of the island state. Climate The west coast has a much cooler and wetter climate when compared to the east coast. Frequent low pressure systems hit the west coast causing heavy rain, snow, and ice. The West Coast Range blocks these systems from impacting the east, therefore making the West Coast a rain catchment with some areas receiving over of rain a year. In winter temperatures at sea level hover around , and when not raining, morning frost is common. The temperatures are much lower inland from the coast with maximums in winter often failing to surpass . Typically, the snow line in winter is around 900 metres (3000 ft), h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the List of islands by area#Islands, 26th-largest island in the world, and the List of islands of Tasmania, surrounding 1000 islands. It is Australia's smallest and least populous state, with 573,479 residents . The List of Australian capital cities, state capital and largest city is Hobart, with around 40% of the population living in the Greater Hobart area. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Tasmania is the most decentralised state in Australia, with the lowest proportion of its residents living within its capital city. Tasmania's main island was first inhabited by Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal peoples, who today generally identify as Palawa or Pakana. It is believed that Abori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queenstown, Tasmania
Queenstown is a historic mining town in the West Coast, Tasmania, West Coast region of the island of Tasmania, Australia. It is in a valley on the western slopes of Mount Owen (Tasmania), Mount Owen on the West Coast Range. At the , Queenstown had a population of 1,808 people. History Queenstown's history has long been tied to the mining industry. This mountainous area was first explored in 1862. It was not long after that when alluvial gold was discovered at Mount Lyell (Tasmania), Mount Lyell, prompting the formation of the Mount Lyell Gold Mining Company in 1881. In 1892, the mining company began searching for copper. The final name of the Mount Lyell company was the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company. Early in 1895 a Post Office was opened at Penghana, at the Queen River fork and crossing, about a kilometre north of present-day Queenstown on the road to Strahan; James Robertson was appointed the first postmaster. The only other substantial building nearby was Robertson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Lyell Mining And Railway Company
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as ''Mount Lyell''. Mount Lyell was the dominant copper mining company of the West Coast from 1893 to 1994, and was based in Queenstown, Tasmania. Following consolidation of leases and company assets at the beginning of the twentieth century, Mount Lyell was the major company for the communities of Queenstown, Strahan and Gormanston. It remained dominant until its closure in 1994. The Mount Lyell mining operations produced more than a million tonnes of copper, 750 tonnes of silver and 45 tonnes of gold since mining commenced in the early 1890s – which is equivalent to over 4 billion dollars worth of metal in 1995 terms. History In the early stage of operations, Mount Lyell was surrounded by smaller competing leases and companies. Eventually they were all absorbed into Mount Lyell operations, or were closed down. In 1903 the North Mount Lyell Copper C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renison Bell
Renison Bell is an underground tin mine and locality on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia. History In 1890, tin-bearing gossan was found near Argent River by George Renison Bell. He claimed land and formed the Renison Bell Prospecting Association. Renison Bell Post Office opened on 1 July 1908 and closed in 1976. In 1934, "Paddy" O'Dea amalgamated adjoining leases and mines into the Renison Associated Tin Mines NL. In the 1970s, Renison Bell gave its name to the historical conglomerate RGC (Renison Goldfields Consolidated) which once owned and operated mines in Tasmania, Western Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory, Florida, West Virginia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. RGC sold the Renison Bell Mine to Murchison United NL a Brisbane-based Australian company, in August 1998. Murchison United operated the Rension Bell Mine during the period of lowest tin prices in history. In July 2003, Murchison United went into administration and the mine production ceased. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Advocate (Tasmania)
''The Advocate'' is a local newspaper of North-West and Western Tasmania, Australia. It was formerly published under the names ''The Wellington Times'', ''The Emu Bay Times'', and ''The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times''. Its readership covers the North West Tasmania, North West Coast and West Coast, Tasmania, West Coast of Tasmania, including towns such as Devonport, Tasmania, Devonport, Burnie, Tasmania, Burnie, Ulverstone, Tasmania, Ulverstone, Penguin, Tasmania, Penguin, Wynyard, Tasmania, Wynyard, Latrobe, Tasmania, Latrobe, and Smithton, Tasmania, Smithton. the newspaper is published by Australian Community Media, located at 39-41 Alexander Street, Burnie, Tasmania. Early history On Wednesday 1 October 1890 Robert Harris and his sons, Robert and Charles published the first issue of ''The Wellington Times'', Burnie's first newspaper. It was named after the county in which Burnie and Emu Bay were located and was first published only on Wednesdays and Saturda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnie
Burnie ( ; Aboriginal Tasmanians#North, pirinilaplu/palawa kani: ''Pataway'') is a port city located on the North West Tasmania, north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the fourth largest city on the island, located approximately north-west of the state capital of Hobart, north-west of Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston, and west of Devonport, Tasmania, Devonport. Founded in 1827 as Emu Bay, the township was renamed in the early 1840s after William Burnie, a director of the Van Diemen's Land Company, and proclaimed a city by Queen Elizabeth II on 26 April 1988. As of the , Burnie has a population of 19,918, with a municipality area spanning , administered by the City of Burnie. Burnie's economy has historically been driven by heavy manufacturing, mining, forestry, and farming. Situated on the coastline of Emu Bay (Tasmanian geographic feature), Emu Bay, the city’s fortunes are closely tied to its deep water port. An intermodal freight transport facility, the Port of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mercury (Hobart)
''The Mercury'' is a daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd (DBL), a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The weekend issues of the paper are called ''Mercury on Saturday'' and ''The Sunday Tasmanian''. The current editor of ''The'' ''Mercury'' is Craig Herbert. History The newspaper was started on 5 July 1854 by George Auber Jones and John Davies. Two months subsequently (13 September 1854) John Davies became the sole owner. It was then published twice weekly and known as the ''Hobarton Mercury''. It rapidly expanded, absorbing its rivals, and became a daily newspaper in 1858 under the lengthy title ''The Hobart Town Daily Mercury''. In 1860 the masthead was reduced to ''The Mercury'' and in 2006 it was further shortened to simply ''Mercury''. With the imminent demise of the ( Launceston) ''Daily Telegraph'', ''The Mercury'', from March 1928, used the opportunity to increase their penetration the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeehan And Dundas Herald
The ''Zeehan and Dundas Herald'' (also seen as ''Zeehan Dundas Herald'') was a newspaper for the West Coast Tasmania community, based in Zeehan and Dundas from 1890 to 1922. It was published by William Lawrence Calder and Joseph Bowden, with the National Library of Australia catalogue stating that the first issues was dated Tuesday, 14 October 1890 while Blainey in The Peaks of Lyell has October 1891. Some notable people worked on the staff during the life of the newspaper; David John O'Keefe was editor between 1894 and 1899. The technology acquired for the printing of the newspaper was, during publication, up to date and unique in being located outside of the main Hobart – Launceston city environments. It ceased operating with volume 33, number 193, on 31 May 1922. It was operating in the early years (1890s) at the same time as the Queenstown based Mount Lyell Standard, which ceased in 1902. It reported extensively on the 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster and the subse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Newspapers In Australia
This is a list of newspapers in Australia. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is the most-read newspaper in Australia, with over eight million readers as of 2021. Top 10 newspapers by circulation The following is a list of the top 10 newspapers in Australia by average paid print circulation in 2018. Other major metropolitan mastheads National In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965. Daily newspapers * ''The Australian'' (broadsheet) * ''The Australian Financial Review'' (no longer published in Western Australia) * ''The Guardian Australia'' (online only) * ''The New Daily'' (online only) Weekly newspapers * ''The Saturday Paper'' * ''The Herald and Weekly Times, The Weekly Times'' Bi-weekly and monthly newspapers * ''Koori Mail'', bi-weekly * ''Nichigo Press'' national edition, monthly, Japanese * ''Red Flag (newspaper), Red Flag'', bi-weekly * ''Green Left Weekly, Green Left,'' bi-weekly New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
