Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954

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Mining & the mines

20,347 stories in Murray's papers. Pick a year.

18561970

Busy years: far more stories on this topic than usual for the papers of the day.

1850s

1856 (2)1857 (8)1858 (27)1859 (22)

1860s

1860 (48)1861 (119)1862 (35)1863 (5)1864 (3)1865 (6)1866 (6)1867 (5)1868 (2)1869 (8)

1870s

1870 (3)1871 (5)1872 (14)1873 (19)1874 (47)1875 (62)1876 (68)1877 (29)1878 (19)1879 (21)

1880s

1880 (21)1881 (34)1882 (81)1883 (56)1884 (65)1885 (40)1886 (121)1887 (76)1888 (98)1889 (73)

1890s

1890 (98)1891 (112)1892 (134)1893 (251)1894 (293)1895 (274)1896 (213)1897 (220)1898 (173)1899 (141)

1900s

1900 (140)1901 (144)1902 (221)1903 (209)1904 (390)1905 (263)1906 (344)1907 (390)1908 (421)1909 (481)

1910s

1910 (502)1911 (352)1912 (436)1913 (318)1914 (383)1915 (241)1916 (351)1917 (228)1918 (264)1919 (449)

1920s

1920 (303)1921 (196)1922 (123)1923 (252)1924 (132)1925 (90)1926 (158)1927 (71)1928 (54)1929 (152)

1930s

1930 (241)1931 (201)1932 (80)1933 (192)1934 (297)1935 (572)1936 (177)1937 (189)1938 (565)1939 (497)

1940s

1940 (476)1941 (368)1942 (539)1943 (528)1944 (566)1945 (360)1946 (525)1947 (430)1948 (384)1949 (629)

1950s

1950 (337)1951 (349)1952 (253)1953 (188)1954 (147)1955 (2)1956 (4)1957 (4)1958 (4)1959 (3)

1960s

1960 (10)1961 (1)1962 (4)1963 (4)1965 (1)1966 (1)1967 (1)1968 (2)

1970s