The Northern Miner Charters Towers

The Northern Miner Charters Towers The Northern Miner Charters Towers is a part of the Townsville Bulletin. The Northern Miner is a publication owned by News Corp Australia.

The Northern Miner was first published in August 1872, just eight months after the discovery of gold in what is now the Queensland inland regional town of Charters Towers and published its final print edition on June 26, 2020. With a rich history to its credit, The Northern Miner survived during the boom days of gold mining in Charters Towers. It was the only newspaper of five once published on th

e goldfields, to survive the downturn in gold mining. Such was its strength in those gold mining days of the late 1880s that The Northern Miner installed a linotype slug casting machine before Brisbane’s Courier Mail. In 1910, The Northern Miner merged with the publication the Townsville Daily Bulletin, establishing a link that remains to this day. In 2000, The Northern Miner was linked electronically for the first time to the North Queensland Newspaper Company, and therefore News Limited’s electronic layout system, utilising Cyberpage and associated applications to completely produce editions of this historic newspaper from the same address occupied since 1878. In 2011, The Northern Miner entered cyberspace via Facebook and today has a digital only presence on the Townsville Bulletin website. Thank you for liking the official The Northern Miner page. You have joined a community where we want to keep you informed and ask for your feedback on stories. Some of your comments posted could be used for our opinion page in each edition. We want all of our readers to help us by not posting any content that:

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01/10/2025

Queensland Fire Department (QFD) has imposed a local fire ban for residents in parts of North Queensland.

The local fire ban will be in place from 0001hrs on Friday 3 October for residents in the Charters Towers, Flinders and Richmond Local Government Areas.

Current fire conditions are perfect for bushfires to ignite and spread quickly.

Under a local fire ban all open fires are prohibited and all Permits to Light Fire which have been issued in the designated areas have been suspended for the duration of the ban.

Power tools may be used during a local fire ban however QFD encourages people to use these with extreme care and ensure adequate equipment is available to extinguish any fire which may start.

This may include having a person available to watch out for any ignitions that occur.

The ban is expected to remain in place until 2359hrs on Friday 10 October.

Information on fire bans and the exemptions that can apply can be found on the QFD website fire.qld.gov.au/firebans.

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The Northern Miner was first published in August 1872, just eight months after the discovery of gold in what is now the Queensland inland regional town of Charters Towers. With a rich history to its credit, The Northern Miner survived during the boom days of gold mining in Charters Towers. It was the only newspaper of five once published on the goldfields, to survive the downturn in gold mining. Such was its strength in those gold mining days of the late 1880s that The Northern Miner installed a linotype slug casting machine before Brisbane’s Courier Mail. Now serving a readership area as large as the size of Tasmania, The Northern Miner maintains its proud history within the industry in Queensland. In 2000, The Northern Miner was linked for the first time to the North Queensland Newspaper Company, and therefore News Limited’s electronic layout system, utilising Cyberpage and associated applications to completely produce editions of this historic newspaper from the same address occupied since 1874. In 2011, The Northern Miner entered cyberspace via Facebook. The Northern Miner is a publication produced by News Corp Australia. Thank you for liking the official The Northern Miner page. You have joined a community where we want to keep you informed and ask for your feedback on stories. Some of your comments posted could be used for our opinion page in each edition. We want all of our readers to help us by not posting any content that: • Is threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, indecent or inflammatory; • Is unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive or misleading; • Uploads or attaches files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs; • Is offensive While we will not be able to monitor every posting, we reserve the right to remove any content that violates these guidelines. Content posted on this page by likers does not always reflect our views or opinions and must comply with Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and other policies.