''The Evening Star'' was a daily (except Sunday) newspaper published in the twin towns of

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from 1898 to 1921.

History

The paper was initially printed and published by Osgood & Co. at the offices of ''The Evening Star'', Burt Street, Boulder City and Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie. The last editor was Dave Georgeson, who left the State on holiday shortly before the last issue went to press. Georgeson was subsequently sub-editor of '' The Courier'',

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. The business of The Evening Star Co. Ltd was wound up in April 1921.

Digitisation

Most issues fro
Vol. 1 No. 2
(22 March 1898) t
Vol. 21 No. 7226
(26 February 1921) of ''The Evening Star'' have been digitised as part of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Evening Star, The 1898 establishments in Australia 1921 disestablishments in Australia Newspapers on Trove Defunct newspapers of the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia Newspapers established in 1898 Publications disestablished in 1921