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Mining & the mines, 1983

61 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4

Magazine Mining companies split on Labor's resource tax

Tribune · Wednesday 13 April 1983 · page 13

The Labor government's plan to introduce a resource rental tax -- like the volatile Tasmanian dam issue -- is set to trigger a major confrontation between Canberra and the states over constitutional powers and control of…

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Preston mine occupation continues: record broken

Tribune · Wednesday 27 April 1983 · page 5

GUNNED AH (NSW): The sit- in of 14 miners at the Preston mine in northern NSW is continuing, with the miners last…

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Mine sit-in passes 40 days

Tribune · Wednesday 4 May 1983 · page 4

GUNNEDAH (NSW): The occupation of the Preston mine by 14 miners had passed its 40th day with little hope of any…

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Gold Coast batmitzvah

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 May 1983 · page 19

Kate, daughter of Mr and Mrs David Joseph, of Nerang, Queensland, celebrated her batmitzvah at…

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Poison chemicals in Victorian gold-mining

Tribune · Wednesday 18 May 1983 · page 15

MELBOURNE: Last weekend conservationists and farmers protested at Eastville near Bendigo against the use by the…

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The Big Australian makes a grab for gold in the wilderness

Tribune · Wednesday 18 May 1983 · page 6

Conservationists around the country are gearing up for a major battle with "The Big Australian", BHP, over the company's plans to exploit the mineral resources in the Tasmanian South West…

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Coal peace plan accepted -- thanks to sit-in miners

Tribune · Wednesday 25 May 1983 · page 5

SYDNEY: A ten-point peace plan worked out for the crisis ridden coal industry appeared to have been accepted by all parties…

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Gold voor Piet Kraak

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 3 June 1983 · page 11

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Nederlandse filmer kreeg Amerikaanse 'Gold Camera Award'

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 3 June 1983 · page 4

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Gold Coast co-operates

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 June 1983 · page 8

The Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation, Temple Shalom, the two Gold Coast Wizo groups and the…

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Gold Coast may choose minister?

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 9 June 1983 · page 3

SURFERS PARADISE: Members of the Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation will meet next Wednesday to discuss the appointment of a new spiritual leader for…

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Gold Coast Reunions Du Club

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 10 June 1983 · page 9

Le Club français de la Gold Coast récemment, tenu deux réunions ont remporté l'approbation de membres, à savoir le méchoui…

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Jerusalem of gold becomes Jerusalem of the green

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 June 1983 · page 13

VISITORS TO Jerusalem are invariably stunned by the Holy City’s many splashes of green, often in quite unexpected parts of the busy streets…

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REVIEWS The Miners Federation and the saga of the coalfields

Tribune · Wednesday 6 July 1983 · page 12

This book will interest many people for many different reasons. For miners it is a complete factual review of the 1970s by a trusted journalist who was on the spot while it all happened…

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Wizo elections on Gold Coast

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 July 1983 · page 15

The Gold Coast Wizo group, Zahav, recently held its first annual general meeting…

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Gold Coast Rallye Automobile

Le Courrier Australien · Sunday 10 July 1983 · page 9

Le rallye automobile organisé par Club français de ta Gold Coast le juin s'est déroulé dans les meil…

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Roxby Downs Mining company violates sacred sites

Tribune · Wednesday 20 July 1983 · page 3

ADELAIDE: Subcontractors building a road for South Australia's Roxby Downs uranium mine have destroyed Aboriginal sacred sites despite assurances from the Labor government that all sites would be protected…

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BOOK Coal minings Geoff Boycott, and Charlie The Price of Coal, a novel by Barry Hines. Penguin, 1982, 159 pages, $3.75

Tribune · Wednesday 20 July 1983 · page 12

The Price of Coal is the latest novel by Barry Hines, one-time miner, teacher, soccer player, author of the novel Kes (which…

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The uranium you mine when you're not mining uranium. Rox by Downs

Tharunka · Monday 25 July 1983 · page 12

A blockade of the proposed Roxby Downs uranium mine is being held in the august/September break this year…

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COAL Latest output figures support union demands

Tribune · Wednesday 27 July 1983 · page 4

SYDNEY: In the 198283 financial year, the NSW coal industry suffered a spate of mine closures, hundreds of…

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