Pilbara newspapers is a selection of newspapers published in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The rise and fall of some of the newspapers reflect the shifts and changes in population in various localities of the region as mining starts and moves through different zones, and also as some mining operations are exhausted or closed.
Titles
Title Years of publication Status The Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette 1920 - 1947 Defunct Daily Telegraph and North Murchison Gazette 1918 - 1920 Defunct Hamersley News 1972 - 1980 Defunct Hedland Advocate 1906 - 1912 Defunct Hedland Times 1967 - 1978 Defunct Iron Ore Chronicle 1989 Defunct Karratha Guardian 1986 - 1994 Defunct The Manganese Record, Peak Hill, Nullagine and Marble Bar Gazette 1928 - 1941 Defunct Mt. Newman Chronicle 1972 - 1988 Defunct Newman Mail 2007 - 2010 Defunct Newslink 1988? - 1996 Defunct North West News : a journal of Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates, incorporating the Wickham Observer and Pannawonica News 1985 - 1989 Defunct North West Telegraph 1983 - Current Northern Public Opinion and Mining and Pastoral News 1894 - 1902 Defunct The Nor'-West Times and Northern Advocate 1891 - 1894 Defunct Pilbara Advertiser 1980 - 1983 Defunct Pilbara Echo (Karratha/Dampier ed.) 2008 - Current Pilbara Echo (Hedland ed.) 2008 - Current Pilbara News 2002 - Current Pilbara Times 1978 - 1983 DefunctThe Pilbarra Goldfields News 1897 - 1923 Defunct Roebourne Supplement to the Northern Times 1912 Defunct What's on in Newman 1993 - 1994 Defunct
Earlier newspapers
Pilbarra Goldfield News (note that the modern spelling is 'Pilbara'). Published from 19 February 1897 to 20 March 1923, first in Marble Bar and then, from 1912, in Port Hedland. section 'Mineral Output'
Post 1960-
Pilbara Echo Pilbara Echo. Karratha & Port Hedland, W.A. : Pilbara Newspapers Pty Ltd. Dates 28 Feb. 2008 – 10 Apr. 2014 on. Weekly on Saturday afternoon. Distribution 14,000 copies free weekly: Port Hedland, South Hedland, Wedgefield, Karratha; Dampier; Wickham, Roebourne, Pt Samson, Onslow, Tom Price, Pannawonica, Paraburdoo. Shire of Roebourne, Shire of Ashburton & Town of Port Hedland.
North West Times North West News : a journal of Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates, Dates – Issue 1 (June 1985) -Biweekly Published by Robe River Iron Associates from Issue 22 (Apr. 18, 1986)- Includes Wickham observer vol. 9, no. 21 (Jun. 14, 1985) and Pannawonica news.
Hedland Times Hedland Times. Dates – No. 1. 22 June 1967 – 2 Nov. 1978.
Distribution area: Goldsworthy; Marble Bar; Newman; Onslow; Port Hedland; Dampier; Mt Tom Price; Roebourne; Point Samson; Nullagine; Wittenoom; Barrow Island; South Hedland; Cooke Point; Finucane Island; Karratha; Shay Gap; Paraburdoo.
Pilbara Times Pilbara Times. Also known as The New Pilbara Times Perth, W.A. – Country Newspapers Pty Ltd. Dates - 9 Nov. 1978 – vol. 14, no. 171 25 Aug. 1983. Weekly on Thursday. Distribution: Port Hedland; Wickham; Marble Bar; Onslow; South Hedland; Goldsworthy; Dampier; Telfer; Cooke Point; Finucane Island; Karratha; Newman; Tom Price; Roeburne; Point Samson; Nullagine; Shay Gap; Paraburdoo; Wittenoom; Pannawonica.
Hamersley News Hamersley News. Perth, W.A. Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd. Dates – Vol. 1, no. 1. 20 Mar. 1969 – Sep. 1972 – Monthly Vol. 5, no. 1, 26 Oct. 1972 – v. 13, no. 6, 27 Mar. 1980 – Fortnightly. Distribution: Dampier; Karratha; Tom Price; Paraburdoo. followed by – Pilbara Advertiser.
Pilbara Advertiser Pilbara Advertiser. Karratha W.A. Pilbara Advertiser Dates – 11 Apr. 1980-24 Aug. 1983. – Weekly on Wednesday. Fortnightly to 23 May 1980; Weekly on Friday from 30 May 1980 to 21 Nov. 1980; Weekly on Thursday from 27 Nov. 1980 to 28 April 1983; Weekly on Wednesday from 4 May 1983. Distribution: Tom Price; Onslow; Newman; Goldsworthy; Karratha; Dampier; Paraburdoo; Wickham; Roeburne; Port Hedland; South Hedland; Nullagine; Wittenoom; Finucane Island; Marble Bar; Pannawonica; Shay Gap. followed by – North West Telegraph
North West Telegraph North West Telegraph. Albany [W.A.] : Albany Advertiser Dates – 31 Aug. 1983 – Weekly on Wednesday. Published by Provincial Publications of WA, Rockingham, then by Albany Advertiser, Albany. From 31 Aug. 1983-6 June 1984 issued in three editions: Gascoyne edition, Pilbara edition, Kimberley edition. - combining of North west telegraph (Pilbara edition), ISSN 0813-961X; and, North west telegraph (Kimberley edition), ISSN 0814-0308. also at: http://www.westregional.com.au/papers/nwt/index.html Distribution: Port Hedland; Newman; Marble Bar; Onslow; Tom Price; Goldsworthy; Broome; Meekatharra; Nullagine; Paraburdoo. Former title – see – The Northern Times – North West Telegraph (Pilbara edition) 0813-961X
Pilbara News Pilbara News. Karratha, W.A. : Pilbara News. ISSN 1447-0101 Distribution: Karratha; Dampier; Tom Price; Paraburdoo; Pannawonica; Wickham; Onslow; Gascoyne Junction; Roeburne.
News of the North News of the North. Perth W.A.: West Australia Newspapers Dates 28 Aug. 1968-15 Jan. 1987. Weekly on Thursday Supplement to the West Australian. Weekly on Wednesday from 28 Aug. 1968-2 Mar. 1977; Weekly on Tuesday from 8 Mar. 1977-8 April 1980; Weekly on Thursday from 17 April 1980. – 15 Jan 1987. Distribution: Kalbarri; Denham; Yalgoo; Mt Magnet; Cue; Meekatharra; Sandstone; Laverton; Wiluna; Carnarvon; Wittenoom; Nullagine; Marble Bar; Exmouth; Onslow; Dampier; Tom Price; Mt Newman; Roeburne; Port Hedland; Goldsworthy; Broome; Derby; Cockatoo Island; Koolan Island; Fitzroy Crossing; Hall's Creek; Kununurra; Wyndham.
Source of dates and publication details State Library of Western Australia website catalogue – https://web.archive.org/web/20180912182347/http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/
See also List of newspapers in Western Australia Gascoyne newspapers Goldfields-Esperance newspapers Great Southern newspapers Kimberley newspapers Mid West newspapers South West newspapers Wheatbelt newspapers
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