The ''Collie Mail'' was established at

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in 1908 by Mr H.E. Reading, who had previously established '' The Southern Times'' in Bunbury. The paper was published bi-weekly to share the news and information of the new coal mining town of Collie. The distribution area of the ''Collie Mail'' covers Collie, Bunbury, Darkan,

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and Duranillan. The ''Collie Mail'' is now owned by the

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organisation.

Variant titles

The ''Collie Mail'' has had a number of different titles over the years it has been in print:

Availability

Issues (1914 - 1918) of this newspaper have been digitised as part of the

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, a project of the

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in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia. Hard copy and microfilm copies of the ''Collie Mail'' are also available at the State Library of Western Australia.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Collie Mail, The Newspapers established in 1908 Newspapers published in Western Australia 1908 establishments in Australia Collie, Western Australia Newspapers on Trove

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