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Mining & the mines, 1983

61 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 4

Books a nuclear primer that fuels the imagination The Nuclear Environment -- a handbook on nuclear power for schools and the community, produced by the Movement Against Uranium Mining and Friends of the Earth. Available from Ma Um and FoE centres. ($6.00 and $4.00 for multiple Copies)

Tribune · Wednesday 3 August 1983 · page 12

The Nuclear Environment provides an ideal basis for a wide-ranging introduction to the questions of uranium mining,…

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Debbie’s “gold”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 August 1983 · page 29

Debbie Moss became the first Moriah student to win “gold” in gymnastics, scoring a winning 8.5 points…

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Gold Coast still needs a minister

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 August 1983 · page 5

SURFERS PARADISE: The Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation is continuing its search to find a spiritual leader to succeed Rev W…

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Sporting Times Adam was so close to gold!

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 August 1983 · page 24

A couple of weeks ago this column reported the ice-skating talents of 11-year-old Adam Hart of…

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The miners' strike of 1919 Broken Hill

Tribune · Wednesday 31 August 1983 · page 8

In September 1883, a boundary rider called Charles Rasp arranged for an assay of specimens from a low dark hump of rock on Mount Gipps station. He, and his partners, made their fortune, and the history of Broken…

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Gold Coast Reunion Mixte

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 10 September 1983 · page 9

Le Club français de la Gold Coast avait organisé sa réunion du 21 août conjointement avec les membres de la section de Brisbane de…

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‘Standing room only’ at Gold Coast shule

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 21 September 1983 · page 17

SURFERS PARADISE: Dozens of interstate visitors were compelled to stand during the Gold Coast Hebrew Congregation’s Rosh Hashanah and…

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backblocks Mining companies support unions in Pilbara

Tribune · Wednesday 21 September 1983 · page 15

GOLDSWORTHY (WA): Two major mining companies (Cliffs Robe River and Goldsworthy Mining Ltd) have made…

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NUCLEAR Uranium miners run high cancer risks at Roxby

Tribune · Wednesday 28 September 1983 · page 6

Australian uranium miners are "protected" by safety standards set by governments and industry. These assurances are challenged by Andrew Corbyn, a lecturer in mining engineering at the WA School of Mines, on whose research the…

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Taps and tiles in gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 October 1983 · page 23

Hand-made tiles with 18ct gold insets and 24ct gold bathroom fittings are some of the…

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All that glisters might be gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 October 1983 · page 19

Gilding of antique furniture, picture frames, ceiling roses, architraves, door mouldings, panels and so forth was often the final touch in time gone by when elegance was ornamentation and gilding an…

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Australia fosters Israel coal market

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 20 October 1983 · page 11

TEL AVIV: A large Australian delegation attended the Tel Aviv International Coal Conference recently indicating Australia’s interest in Israel as a coal export market. Australia is second to…

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Occupational Health Black miners strike over racist work conditions

Tribune · Wednesday 26 October 1983 · page 4

BRISBANE: The Aboriginal Affairs Minister, Clyde Holding, was last week asked to immediately initiate an inquiry into the lack of health and safety provided for…

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Anti-nuclear engineer sacked by mining school

Tribune · Wednesday 26 October 1983 · page 15

KALGOORLIE (WA): Outspoken engineering lecturer Andrew Corbyn has been sacked by the West Australian School…

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Tribute to Sam Gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 October 1983 · page 36

Central Synagoguge president Sam Gold was a dedicated communal worker who gave to the…

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Gold Coast unit market stock “low”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 October 1983 · page 30

People who were not investing in the Gold Coast unit market now were leaving their run too late, according to Queensland property…

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Mining unions ban 13 new projects until job promises given

Tribune · Wednesday 9 November 1983 · page 5

SYDNEY: Under pressure from mining unions, the Hawke government has called a meeting of the Coal Consultative Council, for next Friday, to discuss problems of over-production in the coal industry…

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COAL Development issues to be studied by council

Tribune · Wednesday 16 November 1983 · page 4

SYDNEY: Some of the controversial issues surrounding the development and administration of Australia's coal industry are to be the subject of study by research subcommittees of the federal government's Coal…

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Uranium mining stopped at Kakadu

Tribune · Wednesday 23 November 1983 · page 2

The Labor government, despite its backdown over ALP uranium policy, has fulfilled a campaign promise to declare…

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Gold Coast

Le Courrier Australien · Saturday 10 December 1983 · page 9

Les membres et leurs amis du Club français de la Gold Coast (Queensland) se sont réunis deux fois novembre à l'occasion d'une projection…

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