Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Mining & the mines, all years

Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1948

36 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 2

Communists How They Control Industry Through Coal

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 4

Stoppages at five northern collieries, and subsequent disputes in the coal industry, have inflicted drastic gas rationing on much of N.S.W. caused…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Government Policy Towards Strikes Different Treatment for Firemen and Miners

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 1

Failure of the state Government to take a firm stand against the forces that were causing constant strikes on the coalfields was condemned by…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Liquid Fuels From Coal and Shale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 September 1948 · page 4

Large-scalp plants for a producing liquid fuels from coal and oil shale are not justifiable at this time, one of the world’s foremost petroleum…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Bungendore C. W. A. Blue & Gold Ball

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 September 1948 · page 2

The Annual C. W. A. Blue and Gold Ball was held in the Federal Hall Bungendore, last Friday night, and was well patronised as visitors came…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Department of Post War Reconstruction News and Views Miner’s Rehabilitation

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 September 1948 · page 4

Disabled N.S.W. miners are attending the jervis bay Rehabilitation Centre under a provisional agreement between the Joint Coal…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

State Parliament Should Control Coal

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

Mr. Charles Cutler, Country Party Member for Orange, said in Sydney tat control of the coal industry within the State of New South Wales…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

French Coal Mines Troops and Security Guards for Maintenance Work PARIS, Tuesday (A.A.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 1

More than 4,000 French soldiers and security guards took over the coalmines in Central France yesterday to prevent serious damage…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Miners on Strike

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 October 1948 · page 2

Some three months ago the Combined Unions Disputes Committee, of Captain's Flat, Approached Lake George Mines for a review of the lead…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Freezing the Earth to Find Coal Nbvel Methods Used in Britain to Sink the Shaft of a New Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 October 1948 · page 4

Mining engineers in Britain are freezing a section of the earth’s surface to a depth of over 400 feet. This is a preparatory step to the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Seeks Probe on Coal Output Problem

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Review and District Advocate

Establishment of a committee to investigate the problem of increasing c[?]al outputs was urged by the State Council of the Liberal Party, sitting…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Charley's Forest Gold Boom

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 2

The desire of a young Charley's Forest man to acquire a small piece of land in that neighbourhood recently turned up a page of ancient history…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

All Men Sacked at Captain's Flat Mines

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 2

Yesterday we were informed that all the striking miners at Captain's Flat had been served with notice of their dismissal. The strike has…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Ban Urged on Intimidation in Coal Dispute C.p. Move in Assembly

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 1

An attempt by the Deputy Leader of the r Country Party (Mr. D, H. Drummond) to move a motion in the Legislative Assembly deploring the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Captain’s Flat Mine

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 2

The management of Lake George Mine at Captain’s Flat announced yesterday that it intends to re-open the mine and preparatory work will…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Blue & Gold Ball Record Attendance at Tarago Function

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 2

Members of the Tarago Country Women's Association have reason to be proud of their third annual Blue and Gold Ball, which had a record…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →