Newspaper based in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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 Ltd in
Kalgoorlie
and printed by Colourpress Pty Ltd in
East Victoria Park
.
The West Australian
and
The Kalgoorlie Miner
are the only two newspapers in Western Australia produced daily. It is also part of the West Regional network.
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History
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The Kalgoorlie Miner
was founded by
Sidney Edwin Hocking
in September 1895.
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In 1896, 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
. 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.
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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.
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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.
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The building
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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. It is a demonstration of the increasing prosperity and sophistication of Kalgoorlie, and Western Australia, at the beginning of the 20th century.
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Circulation
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Daily circulation in 2009 was 5,721 copies Monday to Friday and 10,800 on Saturday.
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