History
The Kalgoorlie Miner was founded by Sidney Edwin Hocking in September 1895.
In 1896, Sidney Hocking launched Hocking & Co. Ltd with himself, brothers Percy and Ernest Hocking, John Kirwan and their printer W.W. Willcock as shareholders.
By 1898 the Kalgoorlie Miner had become a harsh critic of the West 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.
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.
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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