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Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, New South Wales : 1888 - 1954)
| Content Provider | Trove |
|---|---|
| Spatial Coverage | Broken Hill, New South Wales (Australia) |
| Temporal Coverage | 1888 - 1954 |
| Description | The Barrier Miner was a prominent English-language daily broadsheet newspaper published in Broken Hill in far western New South Wales from 1888 to 1974. First published on 28 February 1888, The Barrier Miner was published continuously until 25 November 1974. Copies are available on microfilm and online via Trove Digitised Newspapers. The paper was revived briefly in 2005; an index to births deaths and marriages has been prepared which also notes additional publication dates between 16 December 2005 and 31 July 2008. The paper closed down for a second time in 2008 with the managing director, Margaret McBride stating that "...due to commercial reasons the paper would no longer service Broken Hill and the region...". The Barrier Miner served the growing mining community of Broken Hill, when the area was found to have lead ore and traces of silver. It was not until late 1884 or early 1885 that rich quantities of silver were found and the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP) was floated to mine the leases. The newspaper was published by Henry Fenton, Augustus Sydney Knight and George Alfred Mills and was distributed to Broken Hill, Tibooburra, White Cliffs, Wilcannia, Menindee, Ivanhoe. It was edited by Samuel Prior from 1888, who was also a partner (with a one-seventh share) with the main proprietors in 1905, Knight and Von Rieben Ltd. who took over in about 1890 when Fenton and Mills sold their interests. Prior may have been one of the youngest editors of a daily newspaper in Australia. He later wrote the Wild Cats column at The Bulletin, where he was later appointed editor, and was its main proprietor when he died in 1933. Serving as a key source of local and regional news, it documented the rise and development of Broken Hill as a major mining center. The paper reported extensively on mining activities, labor movements, industrial disputes, and political developments, particularly those affecting the working-class population and the powerful unions in the area. The Barrier Miner was issued daily during much of its run and played a central role in shaping public discourse in Broken Hill. The town was known for its unique social and economic conditions, including a strong Labor presence and frequent industrial action, which were regularly covered in the paper’s pages. The full archive is available through the National Library of Australia's Trove collection. Digitised as part of the "Digitised newspapers and more" which allows access to historic Australian periodicals. Also available in print and on microfilm. Occasionally, few pages from newspaper issues are missing or unavailable in TROVE’s digital archives. This can happen because the original physical copy was damaged or incomplete or pages were lost during the digitization or scanning process else some pages may have been deliberately excluded due to copyright or poor quality. Occasionally, pages from the same issue may appear under similar or repeated labels. These discrepancies may stem from the inclusion of additional inserts or supplementary material included with the main edition. However, in most instances, these duplicated or inconsistently labeled sections are artifacts of automated text processing without any meaningful editorial differences in Trove. |
| Related Links | http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title53 |
| Unique ID | 53 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Original material contributed by State Library of New South Wales. Original material contributed by State Library of South Australia. |
| Rights License | The National Library of Australia has digitised this work with the permission of the rights holder and enabled download or print options where possible for research or study. For any other purpose contact the copyright owner via the publisher. The National Library of Australia supports creativity, innovation and knowledge-exchange but does not endorse any inappropriate or derogatory use. Please respect indigenous, cultural and ethical concerns. |
| Jurisdiction | New South Wales |
