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Mining & the mines, 1977

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Phantom gold-tinter hits roses

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 12 July 1977 · page 1

ROSES are red, violets are blue: for a Merrylands gardener that's not longer true. The man (he lives in E[?] Ave) had some of his…

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First Gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 July 1977 · page 14

First gold medal winner of the Games was US swimmer Lance Michaelis (centre) in the 100m breaststroke, seen congratulating 3rd placed Ron Kehrman (Israel) with silver medallist Daniel Rosenthal (US) looking on…

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A Gold in Athletics

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 July 1977 · page 26

RAMAT GAN: It was a golden day for Australia when the Maccabiah athletics competition opened here last Sunday and Steven Stern raced home to win the 800m final…

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10th moccabiah Games Aussie Gold in Weightlifting

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 21 July 1977 · page 14

TEL AVIV: British immigrant weightlifter Brian Romer justified team officials’ pre-competition optimism by winning Australia’s second gold medal of the 10th Maccabiah Games…

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Radioactivity Uranium Mining Nuclear Proliferation

Tharunka · Monday 25 July 1977 · page 2

On August 6th 1945, the world received a shock from which it will never recover; soon one hundred thousand people were dead; nuclear war was a reality and still is. Like most mistakes the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki can…

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Aborigines Land Rights and Mining

Tharunka · Monday 25 July 1977 · page 7

“Over the last 186 years, white settlers and their descendants have gradually taken over the occupation of most of the fertile or otherwise useful parts of the country. In doing so. they have shown scant regard for any rights in…

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Economics Employment and Profits Uranium Mining

Tharunka · Monday 25 July 1977 · page 6

In the current debate on whether Australia should give the green light to the mining and exporting of Uranium, proponents of the Yes-policy have made alot of noise about the economic gains which they claim will accrue to the Australian community. These benefits…

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Games end: Aussies bring home 29 medals — 6 gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 28 July 1977 · page 23

JERUSALEM: The 10th Maccahiah Games, the “Jewish Olympics,” closed here with a ceremony in the square facing the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest shrine. The Games flame, kind…

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Black Gold Wasted

Tribune · Wednesday 3 August 1977 · page 5

Seven hundred million barrels of oil are wasted in American homes each year. This revelation comes at a time when…

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Margaret Gutman Just Back From Gold Coast Reports... Squabbles in paradise

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 August 1977 · page 16

It is common knowledge that Surfers’ Paradise has been blessed with a mild climate, no humidity, glorious sunshine, and miles of splendid fine-sanded beaches. A combination of Honolulu, Tel Aviv, Bondi and Miami, right on our doorstep! In these days of…

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Perth Rabbi Traces Last Jews of Goldfields

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 August 1977 · page 6

A systematic survey of the old Jewish cemeteries in Western Australia has been undertaken by the Orthodox minister of the Perth Community, Rabbi Dr Shalom Coleman…

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Unsw Approves Uranium Mining Moratorium the Anti-uranium Debate

Tharunka · Monday 8 August 1977 · page 9

In sweeping mass votes, the students at two Sydney metropolitan campuses have officially adopted the platform of a five…

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Rich refugees bring gold, servants

Tribune · Wednesday 10 August 1977 · page 11

SYDNEY: Among Vietnamese refugees entering Australia in recent weeks have been…

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Woodsreef Asbestos Miners Demand a Paid Safety Officer

Tribune · Wednesday 31 August 1977 · page 5

Asbestos miners at Woodsreef's Barraba mine want an independent safety officer paid by the company but responsible to them. This is one of the demands they raised after a meeting on August 3 called by a number of…

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Western Mining Sacks 700

Tribune · Wednesday 7 September 1977 · page 4

PERTH: Western Mining Corporation sacked nearly 700 workers last week after cutting its nickel production by 10 per cent. About 270 workers…

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Western Mining's Profits: 700 Sacked

Tribune · Wednesday 21 September 1977 · page 4

PERTH: An 87 per cent leap in profits is not enough for Western Mining Corporation - it…

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About the Mining Societys Annual Dinner

Tharunka · Tuesday 4 October 1977 · page 6

I refer to the article which appeared in Tharunka on the 19th September, 1977 entitled Sex Discrimination Here on…

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Is Science A Neutral Process? Stop Uranium Mining! Sat., Oct., 22

Tharunka · Monday 17 October 1977 · page 12

It is little known that the study of solar power was a burgeoning, science as early as the 1870's: "At art Exhibition in Paris in 1878 a printing press was run by…

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Jewish Life on the 1860 Gold Fields

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 October 1977 · page 10

The Census of 1861 counted 70 Jews on the Lambing FlatBurrangong (Young) goldfields in the Lachlan district…

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“... So let us fill our glasses, And Toast the Days of Gold..”

Tharunka · Monday 31 October 1977 · page 27

Hi Harry! Doing anything night? Go on give Jules a rest if shel’ll let you go out. What’s that... she’s listening... well she…

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