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The history of a town can be followed by reading the newspapers of the day - We here at the Kimberley Echo have maintained electronic archives of the front page articles since February 2002 and feature articles since 21 November 2002.

Full paper copies
Printed copies can be viewed at the JS Battye Library in Central Perth, the Kimberley Echo Office or at the Kununurra Historical Society in Kununurra.

In the Battye Library ask for ISSN 0159-7701 which is available on the 3rd Floor, at the Battye Newspaper Stack number 994.14/KIM. Included in their collection are Vol. 1, no. 1 (28 Apr 1980) to Vol. 2, no. 54 (11 Oct 1982)which are filed as a serial. From 25 Oct. 1982 to the present day they are filed as a newspaper.

You can view our electronic archives of the front page stories from February 2002 by clicking on the links below

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May 2004

6th
STOP PRESS
QUANTASLink arrives
Jets at last for East Kimberley
Police News
Sugar package positive
Title for Picture Gardens
Aboriginal access control
Historic Wyndham building protected
Big farewell for cook
Round 2 football results

 

April 2004

 

March 2004

11th
Editorial - Justice failing police
Wet season picnic
Savage assault
Plans for aviation
Big skate park upgrade
Sos gets preselection
Fatal accident
Bell Springs allegations
A feast of frogs and toads
Slam Dunk
Call for softball players

5th
Pump House frustration
Department denies inaction
Rampage - 19 arrested
245T workers get help
New Office in Charge
End of a hardware era
KLC withdraws from legal actions
Another splendid effort
New premises open
New name for KWOCA

 

February 2004

19th
Editorial
Another fatal accident
Faraway Bay national winner
New rec complex for Halls Creek
Worm races a great night
Nothing too good for Wyndham
Down she goes again
Power blackouts
Out of fuel rescue
Trihards are up and at it

12th
Emptying Lake Kununurra
Shire to sell up debtors
Notorious business closes
New grog agreement
Point Springs makeover
QantasLink gets support
Low causes road closures
51cm at spillway
Games are a goer
Sport Sport Sport Sport

5th
Is there an agenda?
Pentecost crocodile makes another attempt to grab people
Kununurra held to ransom
Worm racing on again
Muster program booklets released
Celebrating 25 years
$17.6 million for roads
Eagles Nest

 

January 2004

22nd
Response on dead trees
2nd double fatal
Blast injures man
Change on Australia Day
Local TV bachelor
Brigades get own units
Eagles Nest

15th
Local tree massacre
Santa lands a boomer
Fish kill not dangerous
Dogs create havoc
Dodson gets KDC job
Land release progress
KPIA targets Japan
New air services
Three Aboriginal leaders die
Trianything sizzling success
Police News