''The Kalgoorlie Miner'' (commonly known as ''The Miner'') is a daily newspaper circulating in the
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
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and the
Goldfields-Esperance region, in
Western Australia
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.
It is published Monday to Saturday by Hocking & Co. Pty Ltd 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 ...
and printed by Colourpress Pty Ltd in
East Victoria Park. ''
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 continuous ...
'' and ''The Kalgoorlie Miner'' are the only two newspapers in Western Australia produced daily. It is also part of the West Regional network.
History
''The Kalgoorlie Miner'' was founded by Sidney Edwin Hocking in September 1895.
In 1896,
Sidney Hocking launched Hocking & Co. Ltd with himself, brothers Percy and Ernest Hocking,
J. W. Kirwan and their printer W. W. Willcock as shareholders.
By 1898, ''The Kalgoorlie Miner'' had become a harsh critic of the Western Australian Government, led by
John Forrest
Sir John Forrest (22 August 1847 – 2 SeptemberSome sources give the date as 3 September 1918 1918) was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister ...
. The newspaper contended that the government discriminated against the goldfields population by inadequate parliamentary representation and in other ways. An action for an alleged breach of parliamentary privilege brought against ''The Kalgoorlie Miner'' failed and criticism of the government continued unabated.
Following the death of Sidney Hocking in 1935 the running of ''The Kalgoorlie Miner'' was taken over by his four sons, Sidney, Ernest, Percy and Joe. In April 1970, the ownership passed from the hands of the Hocking
family to West Australian Newspapers Pty Ltd.
The newspaper was printed in Kalgoorlie until 1976 when press operations were transferred to Perth.
A book on the newspaper's history was published to mark its centenary in 1995: ''The Voice of the Goldfields: 100 Years of the Kalgoorlie Miner'', by Norma King.
The building
The Kalgoorlie Miner building, constructed in 1900, is the only three-storey structure in Kalgoorlie's main street,
Hannan Street.
The sign at the top of the building facade still has the title ''Hocking & Co./The Miner and Western Argus offices'' reflecting on the era when the Kalgoorlie Miner and the Western Argus were being published.
The building is representative of the ebullient architecture that was common in Kalgoorlie during the gold boom. As such it is a demonstration of the increasing prosperity and sophistication of Kalgoorlie, and Western Australia, at the beginning of the 20th century.
Circulation
Daily circulation in 2009 was 5,721 copies Monday to Friday and 10,800 on Saturday.
Audit Bureau of Circulations, December 2009
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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 ...
*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 ...
References
External links
Kalgoorlie Miner Online
West Regional
{{Seven West Media
City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder
Publications established in 1895
Newspapers published in Goldfields-Esperance
Daily newspapers published in Australia