May 26, 2012

The Border Watch 150 years

The Border Watch editors

The Border Watch celebrated its 150th anniversary this year. I’ve just read the excellent anniversary supplement, which chronicles the paper’s history. I retain a fondness for all the newspapers where I worked. I think my special favorite is the West Coast Sentinel at Ceduna because that was my first posting as editor and the town has a frontier feel. Similarly, the Kalgoorlie Miner will always hold a special place in my heart. It’s a proud daily newspaper in the heart of Western Australia’s Goldfields.

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West Coast Sentinel

West Coast Sentinel 80th anniversary edition

My first appointment as editor was at the West Coast Sentinel in March 1992. The Sentinel is based at Ceduna and circulates across the Eyre Peninsula and the Nullarbor. I returned home to Maffra from a four-month overseas trip in January 1991 to discover that recession had combined with drought to produce a rural downturn. [...]

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Looking back with street view

Ceduna foreshore on Google Street View

I’m becoming strangely addicted to Google Street View. This picture is from outside our house in Ceduna, where we lived in 1992-93. Kathleen was conceived there I doubt we’ll ever live on the foreshore anywhere ever again. I also doubt we’ll ever miss an opportunity again to buy a foreshore property for $130,000. Such is [...]

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