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''The Northern Miner'' is an
''The Northern Miner'' is an online newspaper
An online newspaper (or electronic news or electronic news publication) is the online version of a newspaper, either as a stand-alone publication or as the online version of a printed periodical.
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published in Charters Towers, Queensland
Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits unde ...
, Australia.
History
''The Northern Miner'' was first established in 1872 byJames Smith Reid
James Smith Reid (c. 1848 – 15 January 1922) generally referred to as "J. S. Reid" and familiarly as "Smith", was an Australian newspaper owner, editor and businessman.
History
Reid was born in County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Con ...
. Reid established the paper only eight months after the discovery of gold in the regional Queensland town Charters Towers.
In 1876 Reid sold the paper to Thadeus O'Kane. As the owner and editor of the Northern Miner, O’Kane devoted himself and the paper to improving the lives of the miners working in Charters Towers.
Of the five newspapers published in the goldfields ''The Northern Miner'' was the only one to survive the downturn in gold mining. The paper is still being published today from the same Gill Street address it has been at since 1878.
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of theAustralian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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of the National Library of Australia
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.
See also
*List of newspapers in Australia
This is a list of newspapers in Australia. For other older newspapers, see list of defunct newspapers of Australia.
National
In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965.
Daily newspape ...
* Charters Towers, Queensland
Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits unde ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Northern Miner (Queensland), The Northern Miner Publications established in 1872 Charters Towers 1872 establishments in Australia Online newspapers with defunct print editions