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Mining & the mines, 1985

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

MINING Diamonds are whose best friend?

Tribune · Wednesday 3 April 1985 · page 12

While Aboriginal claims to secure land rights resemble an obstacle…

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La Mine Dl Wambo Et Le Mond “The Coal Chain — THE CdF WAY”

Le Courrier Australien · Wednesday 10 April 1985 · page 7

Marquant la fin du second trimestre de l'Ecole française de Sydney, le voyage d'étude des élèves à la mine charbon de Wambo à Warkworth…

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Gold Coast Un Français “Pas Comme Les Autres”

Le Courrier Australien · Wednesday 10 April 1985 · page 9

Jean Miguères est vraiment un français "pas comme les autres". Il est, en effet, arrivé une aventure incroyable: Il a été "sauvé par des…

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MINING Government set to intervene at Argyle

Tribune · Wednesday 10 April 1985 · page 4

The TWU picket line outside the Argyle diamond mine, much maligned in the Western Australian parliament and daily…

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Landrights Wa Aborigines plan blockade against mining companies

Tribune · Wednesday 10 April 1985 · page 2

Aborigines, angry at the Western Australian state government's handling of land rights legislation passed by the…

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After the Miners Strike

Tharunka · Tuesday 16 April 1985 · page 8

British socialist, PETER BAIN, recently completed a speaking tour of Australia, Peter, a member of the Glasgow district and National…

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Award transfer stops gold mine

Tribune · Wednesday 17 April 1985 · page 4

MARBLE BAR: A strike by 120 Australian Workers Union (AWU) members at the Bamboo Creek goldmine,…

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Environment Wa government appoints mining executive to environment post

Tribune · Wednesday 17 April 1985 · page 12

PERTH: The state Labor government has appointed multinational mining executive, Alcoa's Barry Carbon, as the…

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Gold in Wrestling

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 May 1985 · page 26

Jewish competitors won eight medals in the Australian Schoolboys’ Wrestling Championships, last…

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COAL 73 sacked by mine management

Tribune · Wednesday 22 May 1985 · page 5

Last Thursday the management of Mt Thorley open-cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley, NSW, sacked 73 members of the…

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MINING Mine sackings condemned

Tribune · Wednesday 5 June 1985 · page 5

A new twist in the dispute between the engine drivers' union (FEDFA) and Mt Thornley mines management in…

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Surfers Wizo good as gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 June 1985 · page 13

SURFERS PARADISE: What the Gold Coast Wizo group, Zahav, lacks in numbers, it makes up in innovation and ingenuity…

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Gold Coast pledges $100,000 to Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 June 1985 · page 7

SURFERS PARADISE: The Gold oast Jewish community has ledged almost $100,000 to the 1985 nited Israel Appeal…

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UK seeking mere Maccabiah gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 June 1985 · page 24

LONDON: Britain is confident it wili do well in the 12th Maccabiah Games in Israel, next month. It will field teams in…

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COAL Commitment to union principles needed

Tribune · Wednesday 19 June 1985 · page 5

Workers sacked at the Mt Thorley mine in the Hunter Valley have been reinstated on the orders of the Local Coal…

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Miners' strike

Tribune · Wednesday 26 June 1985 · page 13

Jim Comerford (Tribune May 29) gives a view of the 1949 coal strike by someone who was on the spot and close to the. centre of events. I…

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B. Gold Strikes Tenpins

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 July 1985 · page 28

Baron Gold’s 216 game topped the scores at the Maccabi Tenpin Club’s Sunday night league at…

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Aussies Off to Israel for Gold

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 July 1985 · page 24

The majority of the Australian 12th Maccabiah team left earlier this week for Israel surrounded by some of the tightest security arrangements made for an overseas commercial flight. Australian Maccabi…

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BOOK City of Gold tarnished in Ottoman era Jerusalem: Rebirth of a City, Martin Gilbert, Chatto and Windus, The Australian Publishing Company, $33.95

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 July 1985 · page 13

The Jews of mid-19th century Jerusalem were “like flies who have taken up…

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Gold hoard for U.S. sportsmen

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 July 1985 · page 2

At the half-way mark in the Maccabiah Games, the U.S. competitors have collected a vast number of gold medals - not to mention silver and…

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