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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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December 2006

20th
Coroner gobsmacked
Great present for kids
What a great year
Child death warning
Christmas lights winners
Land ahoy for local lass
Kununurra woman dies
2006 in review

13th
Child neglect worse than Africa
Green Swamp - finally
Shire acts on flood problem
House is a lean-to
Increased snake activity
St John plans ahead
Cleanup winners announced

6th
Volunteers recognised for effort
Celebrating Waringarri artists
Get a grip
Wyndham looks ahead
Sugar season finishes
Ed MacNeill wins award
Cleanup winners announced
From The Horse's Mouth
Police news
Prizes keep coming for young Crocs

November 2006

30th
Carl gets drafted
Knock down storm
Why special treatment?
Vale Roy Walker
Massive land claim settled
Paid ambulance officer
Airnorth's jet details
Business after hours
Carols a success
Grease was a smash hit

23rd
Our soldiers at work
Flood fears unabated
Significant copper discovery
Tourism awards focus elsewhere
Toad Busters score again
A town Christmas party?
Muddy madness
Time for carols
Grease is the word
Christmas Lights Competition

16th
Kununurra blitzes awards
Brian Wall faces corruption charges
Parker in trouble again
Remembrance Day observed
Tragic end for old-timer
Puppets explain character
Australia's top kidney nurse.
Time for carols
Motocross celebrates great year

9th
Nose torn off
January date set for Chadwick
Magistrate/prosecutor row over
WIN kicks off news
Kingston Rest to trees
Haase goes busting
Massive diamond donation
Dobbo turns 40
Wildlife Rescue raises $8000
Team Kununurra is tops

2nd
Rotten fruit risk
Perth group exposed
Skywest and Air North continues commitment
Bad memories relived
Car testers won't go
Ord great for sandalwood
Uncertified WA mangoes not welcome
GM pressure on Chance
Police news
Lakeside stage 3

October 2006

26th
Daylight saving debate
Mystery over car fire
Manslaughter charge
Poison pen posters
Horizon says thanks
Cleanup was massive
Clontarf program a goer
Grease tickets go on sale
New indigenous tour guides

19th
Gibb River Road threat
NT success for motocross team
New cop shop open
2 die in crash
Kununurra man Senior of the Year
Vale John Hughes
Wyndham girl finalist
Hydro back online
Girl for the Sosters

12th
Hydro back up this week
Meetings over tidal power
Lucky escape from injury
Alligator on world stage
Football as a tool
Halls Creek - cut water use
Jessica's success rolls on
History book launch
Grease sails ahead
Grasshoppers leap to win

5th
Marcia Hines for Muster
Kununurra man rape charges
Hydro could be back up
Sponsor ecstatic over win
Hospital steams ahead
Elaine is top coach
6,000 toads busted
Good numbers for Rodeo
Barra Bash a beauty

September 2006

28th
Resort closed
Internet failure
St Joe's - the best
Aircraft flips over
$10,000 Drug Bust
Stage II - Catch 22
Governor visits 6WR
Nifty passes on
Rotary turns 10
Hydro work update
Big meet under lights

21st
Lives in danger
Toad found in Kununurra
More back-up generators on line
Population to double
Stage II - will GM get a go?
Haase in to bat
St Joseph's at finals

14th
Tidal power proposal
Work on hydro forges ahead
Know the difference
Co-op solves fuel problem
Vale Flo Kelly
Sniffer dog arrives
Old croc dies in Wyndham

7th
So far so good
A true inspiration
Henggler attends soil course
Charge upgraded to murder
Fathers day fun day
Not too old to learn
Is it real or fake?


August 2006

31st
QANTAS pulls out
Great day of racing
Hydro fails - power cuts
Selling East Kimberley
Ewin Centre public meeting
Grease for Kununurra


24th
Crash an accident
Great racing in Wyndham
St Joseph's needs help
Shire lowers rates
Long Tan observation
Hawks victorious over Crows

10th
Argyle iron deposit report
Recidivist gaoled again
Toad found in Kununurra
Second Merc ambulance
Brighter future likely
A great three days
Michael Gardiner in town
Hawks advance to Grand Final

3rd
Time for change
28 rape charges
Attention required Premier
Djaru mount Bungles protest
Premier opens rec. centre
Gas field could impact
Car show a beauty
Looking after money

July 2006

20th
What a show
Warmun stabbing death
Border runner busted
Response to croc sightings
To be missed by many
Feds take lead against toads
Football hotting up

13th
Cotton - promising results
Lucky escape from rollover
Agreement benefits flow
Government land sale
New hospital open
From Europe with love
Faraway Bay - Just what the Dr ordered
GEKO news

6th
Progress or déjà vu
Wyndham keeps hospital
Cane toad discovery
Ambulance keeps going
Haase hits out at tribal law
Carol's new office
Consumer office opens
Combined team wins cup

 

June 2006

22nd
Croc deaths investigated
$97,000 towards fish ladder
Marathon first this weekend
Vale Peg Underwood
Drugs, alcohol program
Dingo toad buster picked
Legend DJ to perform
Good day for motocross

15th
No ambulance available
Honour for Johnson
Community on a mission
Architect wins NT awards
Faraway Bay's taste sensation
Sniffer dog hired
Station shoot success
Motocross gets bigger

8th
1 fatal 1 serious
Stabbing in work camp
Kununurra gets Taser
Excellent facility shows lead
Mill fires tomorrow
Kalumburu makes real progress
Apex donates $3000
East Kimberley too good

1st
It's open
Political correctness no answer
That shaking feeling
Concerns over knee jerk
Consul general visits
New staff member
Self defence for women
Century for Stuchbury

 

May 2006

18th
It just gets better
Bridge at last
Make your vote count
Kimberley Green cleans up
Multinova hits town
Herlihy gaoled for 14 months
New water saving device
Top athletes visit

11th
Sierra Leone athletes turn up in Kununurra
Meeting ends fighting
Rally was a hoot
Kenton turns 40
Croc farm open
Street party thumbs up
1500 attend rodeo
East Kimberley does well

4th
No to water - expert panel
Muster starts tomorrow
Wyndham resident honoured
What a shower
Flint breaches order
Diverse range of candidates
Answer may be dingoes

April 2006

March 2006

February 2006

January 2006