Hocking and Company Pty. Ltd. was a publishing company based in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. It was founded in 1896 by

Sidney Edwin Hocking Sidney Edwin Hocking (1859–1935) founded ''The Kalgoorlie Miner'' newspaper in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, in 1895. Born in South Australia, he began his career at ''The Adelaide Advertiser'' in 1874 as a general reporter. He began repo ...

. It published the daily newspaper '' The Kalgoorlie Miner''. The company maintained a lengthy relationship with the goldfields community as publisher and local patron of community activities. The Hocking family kept the company operational until selling it to ''

The West Australian ''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, ''The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuousl ...

'' in 1970.

Newspapers

* Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper, 1895–present *

Western Argus The ''Western Argus'' was a newspaper published in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, between 1894 and 1938. It had three different names over time: * ''Western Argus'', 1894-1896 * ''Kalgoorlie Western Argus'', 1896-1916 * ''Western Argus'', 1916- ...

newspaper, 1894–1938

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