The community of

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area include ...

in the Eastern Goldfields of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

had an energetic newspaper publishing industry in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The effect of the newspapers was important in the politics of the state of Western Australia, in particular the lead up to

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, the rise of labour politics, and the evolution of political parties in the state. By the end of the initial boom in mining and establishment of more industrial scale mining, a number of smaller publishing ventures had been and gone.

Titles

* ''

Western Argus The ''Western Argus'' was a newspaper published in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territor ...

'', 1894 - known as ''Western Argus'' between 1894 and 1896, ''Kalgoorlie Western Argus'' between 1896 and 1916, and ''Western Argus'' between 1916 and 1938. * ''

Kalgoorlie Miner ''The Kalgoorlie Miner'' (commonly known as ''The Miner'') is a daily newspaper circulating in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the Goldfields-Esperance region, in Western Australia. It is published Monday to Saturday by Hocking & Co. Pty L ...

'', 1895 * ''The Hannan's Herald'', 1895-6 * ''Kalgoorlie (and) Boulder Standard'', 1897-1898 * ''Boulder Miner's Right'', 1897 * ''The Evening Star'', 1898-1921 * ''The Sun'', 1898-1929 * ''

Westralian Worker The ''Westralian Worker'' was a newspaper established in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in 1900 and published until its demise in 1951 in Perth, Western Australia. History It was established as the ''Official organ of the Western Australian L ...

'', 1898 * ''Hannan's Hatchet'', 1902 * ''WA Clarion'', 1903 * ''Westralian Clarion'', 1903 * ''Sunday Figaro'', 1904 * ''Sporting Life'', 1905-1906 ; Post First World War titles * ''The Eastern Goldfields mining times'', 1920 * ''The Goldfields observer'', 1930-1939

References

{{reflist City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder Newspapers published in Goldfields-Esperance Lists of newspapers published in Western Australia