The Northern Miner (Queensland)
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The Northern Miner is an online newspaper published in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.
History
The Northern Miner was first established in 1872 by James Smith Reid.{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au/history|website=Charters Towers Regional Council|access-date=31 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407075910/http://www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au/history|archive-date=7 April 2015|df=dmy-all}} Reid established the paper only eight months after the discovery of gold in the regional Queensland town Charters Towers.{{cite web|title=the Northern Miner|url=http://www.newscorpaustralia.com/brand/northern-miner|website=News Corp Australia|access-date=31 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823120721/http://www.newscorpaustralia.com/brand/northern-miner|archive-date=23 August 2015|df=dmy-all}}
In 1876 Reid sold the paper to Thadeus O'Kane. As the owner and editor of the Northern Miner, O’Kane devoted himself and the paper to improving the lives of the miners working in Charters Towers.{{cite web|title=Historical Notes on North Queensland Newspapers|url=http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/resources/spec/JCUPRD_018262#_Charters_Towers|website=James Cook University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150218210710/http://www-public.jcu.edu.au/libcomp/resources/spec/JCUPRD_018262#_Charters_Towers|archive-date=18 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}
Of the five newspapers published in the goldfields, The Northern Miner was the only one to survive the downturn in gold mining.{{When|date=January 2025}}{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
The paper was published in hard copy – from the same Gill Street address as in 1878 – until June 2020, when News Corp, its then owner, announced that more than 125 newspapers would be closed or become digital only.{{cite news |url= https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-01/charters-towers-paper-charts-the-history-of-the-towns/12305342 |title= Northern Miner closure ends era that chronicled North Queensland's boom years |first=Tom |last=Major |website=ABC News |location=Brisbane |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date= 1 June 2020 |access-date=21 January 2025}} The paper was subsequently incorporated into the Townsville Bulletin.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/thenorthernminer/ |title=The Northern Miner Charters Towers |author= |date=21 January 2025 |website=Facebook |access-date=21 January 2025}}
Digitisation by Trove
Editions of the newspaper from 1874 to 1954 have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program (Trove) of the National Library of Australia.{{cite news|title=The Northern Miner |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/218317181?searchTerm=Northern%20Miner# |newspaper=The Northern Miner |location=Original, Charters Towers. Digital reproduction, Canberra|publisher=National Library of Australia – Trove digital newspaper archive |date=2 January 1954 |access-date=21 January 2025 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite web|title=Newspaper Digitisation Program|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|publisher=Trove|access-date=22 July 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702090621/http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|archive-date=2 July 2015|df=dmy-all}}
See also
References
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External links
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Category:Newspapers established in 1872