Queensland Government Mining Journal
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The Queensland Government Mining Journal is a trade magazine about mining published monthly by the Queensland Government in Australia.{{Cite web|title=Queensland government mining journal|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12183823|publisher=Queensland Department of Mines|issn=0033-6149}}
History
In April 1900 it was announced that the Queensland Government would be publishing a monthly mining journal under the editorship of William Hodgkinson, whose previous experience included exploration, journalism, gold mining and politics (including being the Minister for Mines from 1888 to 1893).{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196021808|title=QUEENSLAND|date=7 April 1900|newspaper=The Age|issue=14,069|location=Victoria, Australia|page=10|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=11 July 2016}}{{Cite QldMLA|access-date=10 July 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/member-register|title=Hodgkinson, Mr William Oswald|publisher=Queensland Parliament|work=Re-Member Database|access-date=10 July 2016}} Its first issue appeared in June 1900, having been printed at the Queensland Government Printing Office.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173523876|title=Queensland Mining.|date=16 June 1900|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=8,603|location=Queensland, Australia|page=8|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=11 July 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19044953|title=QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT MINING JOURNAL|date=18 June 1900|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=13,239|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LVI|page=6|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=11 July 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113712300|title=A QUEENSLAND VENTURE|date=19 June 1900|newspaper=Evening News|issue=10,305|location=New South Wales, Australia|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=11 July 2016}} Despite being a publication of the Queensland Government, the journal's second issue in July 1900 criticised the government over issues of mine safety.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174127398|title=Self-Criticism.|date=23 July 1900|newspaper=The Telegraph|issue=8634|location=Queensland, Australia|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=11 July 2016}}
Hodgkinson died in late July and the editorship passed to Walter John Morley who produced the August 1900 issue.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19036187|title=QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT MINING JOURNAL|date=21 August 1900|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=13,294|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LVII|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=11 July 2016}}
Today
As at 2016, the Queensland Government Mining Journal continues to be published in a quarterly electronic format, freely available via email subscription or downloaded via the Internet. It is Australia's longest-running mining publication.{{Cite web|url=https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industry/mining/queensland-government-mining-journal|title=Queensland Government Mining Journal|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=11 July 2016}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Citation|title=Pennies from heaven: The Queensland Government Mining Journal, 1900-1929|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36672382|publication-date=1995-01-01|author1=Murray, Alan|publisher=The University of Queensland, School of History, Philosophy, Religion & Classics|access-date=11 July 2016}} — full text available [https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:185252/the9840.pdf online].
External links
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- {{Official website|https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industry/mining/queensland-government-mining-journal}}