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The ''Western Argus'' was a
newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
published in
Kalgoorlie 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 includ ...
,
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 ...
, between 1894 and 1938. It had three different names over time: * ''Western Argus'', 1894-1896 * ''Kalgoorlie Western Argus'', 1896-1916 * ''Western Argus'', 1916-1938 It was brought by Hocking & Co. Ltd. in 1896. It was a weekly and had offices in the same building as the ''
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 ...
'' on Hannan Street. It was promoted in the ''Kalgoorlie Miner'' as well.


See also

* ''
Coolgardie Miner The ''Coolgardie Miner'' (18 April 1894 – 16 June 1911) was a weekly newspaper established in Coolgardie, Western Australia, at a time when Coolgardie was the prominent town in the goldfields region of Western Australia. The subsequent publi ...
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Further reading

* Kirwan, John, (1949) ''The story of a Goldfields newspaper : a romance of the press : Kalgoorlie early days''. Journal and proceedings
Western Australian Historical Society Royal Western Australian Historical Society has for many decades been the main association for Western Australians to collectively work for adequate understanding and protection of the cultural heritage of Perth and Western Australia. It was fou ...
: 1949), Vol. IV Pt. I (1949) {{DEFAULTSORT:Western Argus, The Publications established in 1894 Defunct newspapers published in Western Australia 1894 establishments in Australia Publications disestablished in 1938 City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder Newspapers published in Goldfields-Esperance