Newspapers published in, or for the Mid West region of Western Australia have included over 30 different titles over time.
The Mid West region covers 472,336 square kilometres and accounts for 8.7% of the Western Australian population. [1] There has been some crossover between Mid West newspapers and the newspapers of the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions.
| Title | Years of publication | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Black Range Courier and Sandstone Observer [2] | 1907–1915 | Defunct |
| The Carnamah-Three Springs Times and Arrino Advertiser [3] | 1932–1933 | Defunct |
| Coastline [4] [5] | 2003–2006? | Defunct |
| Cue-Big Bell Chronicle and Reedy Recorder [6] | 1937–1942 | Defunct |
| The Daily Advertiser [7] | 1890–1893 | Defunct |
| The Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette [8] | 1920–1947 | Defunct |
| The Daily Telegraph and North Murchison Gazette [9] | 1918–1920 | Defunct |
| Day Dawn Chronicle [10] | 1902–1909 | Defunct |
| The Dongara-Denison Rag [11] | 1981–present | Current |
| East Murchison Chronicle [12] | ????–1898 | Defunct |
| East Murchison News [13] | 1900–1911 | Defunct |
| The Geraldton Advertiser [14] | 1893–1905 | Defunct |
| The Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler [15] | 1896–1905 | Defunct |
| The Geraldton Express and Murchison Goldfields News [16] | 1894–1896 | Defunct |
| The Geraldton Express [17] | 1906–1928 | Defunct |
| Geraldton Greenough Sun [18] | 1957–1973 | Defunct |
| Geraldton Guardian and Express [19] | 1929–1947 | Defunct |
| The Geraldton Guardian [20] | 1948–present | Current |
| The Geraldton Guardian [21] | 1906–1928 | Defunct |
| Geraldton Murchison Telegraph [22] | 1892–1899 | Defunct |
| Geraldton Observer [23] | 1880–1881 | Defunct |
| Geraldton Sun: the weekly family newspaper [24] | 1956–1957 | Defunct |
| Geraldton Telegraph [25] | 1984–1986 | Defunct |
| Greenough Sun [26] | 1947–1957 | Defunct |
| The Irwin Index and North Midlands Gazette [27] | 1932–1936 | Defunct |
| The Irwin Index and Victoria Districts Gazette [28] | 1936–1956 | Defunct |
| The Irwin Index [29] | 1926–1932 | Defunct |
| The Irwin Index [30] | 1956–1967 | Defunct |
| Magnet Mirror and Murchison Reflector [31] | 1928–1935 | Defunct |
| Meekatharra Miner [32] | 1909–1918 | Defunct |
| Midwest Mail [33] | 2003–2005 | Defunct |
| Midwest Times [34] | 1992–present | Current |
| Morning Post [35] | 1895–1896 | Defunct |
| The Mount Magnet Leader and Youanmi Miner [36] | 1935–1947 | Defunct |
| Mount Magnet Mercury [37] | 1897 | Defunct |
| Mount Magnet Miner [38] | ????–1947? | Defunct |
| Mount Magnet Miner and Lennonville Leader [39] | 1896–1926 | Defunct |
| Mullewa Magnet and Perenjori-Morawa Advertiser [40] | 1927–1928 | Defunct |
| Mullewa Magnet and Yalgoo-Mount Magnet Post [41] | 1928–1931 | Defunct |
| The Mullewa Mail [42] | 1921–1947 | Defunct |
| Murchison Advocate [43] | 1898–1912 | Defunct |
| The Murchison Magnet [44] | 1935 | Defunct |
| The Murchison Magnet and Mullewa Mercury [45] | 1926–1927 | Defunct |
| The Murchison Times and Cue-Big Bell-Reedy Advocate [46] | 1937–1942 | Defunct |
| The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette [47] | 1894–1925 | Defunct |
| The Murchison Times [48] [49] | 1925–1937 | Defunct |
| News of the North [50] | 1968–1987 | Defunct |
| The North Midland Times [51] | 1933–1957 | Defunct |
| North West Telegraph [52] | 1983–present | Current |
| Northampton Farmer | 1913 | Defunct |
| The Northern Mining Register and Murchison Goldfields Gazette [53] | 1896–1897 | Defunct |
| The Northern Producer and Morawa and District Advertiser [54] | 1930–1947 | Defunct |
| The Northern Producer and Morawa and Perenjori Advertiser [55] | 1928–1930 | Defunct |
| Northern Times [56] | 1905–1983 | Defunct |
| The Perenjori Pioneer [57] | 1930–1947 | Defunct |
| Six Shires News [58] | 1964 | Defunct |
| The Victorian Express: a journal of politics and news [59] | 1878–1894 | Defunct |
| The Wiluna Chronicle and East Murchison Advocate [60] | 1924–1931 | Defunct |
| The Wiluna Miner [61] | 1931–1947 | Defunct |
| The Yalgoo Observer and Murchison Chronicle [62] | 1923–1941 | Defunct |
| Yamaji news [63] | 1995–2012 | Defunct |
The Mid West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is a sparsely populated region extending from the west coast of Western Australia, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north and south of its administrative centre of Geraldton and inland to 450 kilometres (280 mi) east of Wiluna in the Gibson Desert.
Meekatharra is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Meekatharra is a Yamatji word meaning "place of little water". At the 2016 census, Meekatharra had a population of 708, with 34.0% being of Aboriginal descent.
Perenjori is a townsite in the northern agricultural region, 348 kilometres (216 mi) north of Perth and 39 kilometres (24 mi) south-east of Morawa. It is located on the Wongan Hills to Mullewa railway line which was opened in 1915. Perenjori was approved as the name of a siding in April 1913, and later that year the government decided to establish a townsite there. Perenjori townsite was gazetted in 1916.
Nannine is a ghost town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is located on the northern bank of Lake Anneen, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-southwest of Meekatharra, and 735 kilometres (457 mi) north-northeast of Perth.
John Cyril Hawes was an architect and priest. Hawes was known for designing and constructing church buildings in England, Western Australia and The Bahamas. He served as a priest in the Church of England before converting to Roman Catholicism and received ordination as a Catholic priest. He was later named a domestic Prelate by Pope Pius XI and given the title "monsignor". After retiring he lived as a hermit in The Bahamas, becoming known more commonly as Father Jerome.
The Mullewa was an overnight passenger train operated by the Western Australian Government Railways between Perth and Mullewa in the Mid West Region via the Eastern and Northern lines.
The Northern Railway has had a number of meanings in Western Australian railway history.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Geraldton is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church covering the Mid West, Western Australia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth.
Pilbara newspapers is a selection of newspapers published in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Peak Hill is the name of a goldfield, locality and the site of a gold mining ghost town in the Murchison Region of Western Australia. The gold mine covers 2,162 hectares and consists of four open-cut mines, titled: Main, Jubilee, Fiveways and Harmony.
Koolanooka is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is situated between Morawa and Perenjori just off the Mullewa-Wubin road. At the 2006 census, Koolanooka had a population of 46.
The Division of Durack is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia.
The Mullewa–Meekatharra railway was a section of the Northern Railway in Western Australia.
The Northern Times was a newspaper published in Carnarvon, Western Australia from 1905–1983.
Main Roads Western Australia controls the major roads in the state's Mid West region. There are four main highways through the Mid West: The north-south coastal route of Brand Highway and North West Coastal Highway, the inland alternative Great Northern Highway, and the northern section of Goldfields Highway, which links Meekatharra with Kalgoorlie. A network of main roads connects towns within the Mid West to each other, the highways, and neighbouring regions, with local roads providing additional links and access to smaller townsites. Roads are often named after the towns they connect.
Daily Telegraph and North Murchison and Pilbarra Gazette, also published as Meekatharra Miner and Daily Telegraph and North Murchison Gazette, was a weekly English language newspaper published in Meekatharra, Western Australia. It was distributed to Meekathara, Nannine, Cue, Geraldton, and the Murchison and Pilbara regions.
A modest number of newspapers have been produced in, or for, the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Few are still being published today. Some of the newspapers reflect the economic interests of the region, but not to the same extent that is seen in Pilbara newspapers. There is some cross-over between newspapers distributed in both the Kimberley and the Pilbara.
This is a list of newspapers published in, or for, the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia.
The Nannine Road District was an early form of local government area on the Western Australian goldfields of the Mid West region.
The Mount Magnet Leader and Youanmi Miner, originally known as the Murchison Magnet from January to October 1935, was a newspaper published in the mining community of Mount Magnet, Western Australia from 1935 until 1947. Originally published by P.E. Hayter, from December 1937 it was under the ownership of the Telegraph Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd.