The pages of history - how the Mercury covered the region's big events

Glen Humphries
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:40pm, first published October 9 2020 - 2:00pm
TRAGEDY: In late July 1902 an explosion at the Mt Kembla mine killed 96 men and boys, and left more than 100 children without their fathers.
TRAGEDY: In late July 1902 an explosion at the Mt Kembla mine killed 96 men and boys, and left more than 100 children without their fathers.

For 165 years the Illawarra Mercury has been reporting on the region. To mark that anniversary, which fell on Thursday this week, here is the first of a two-part instalment showing how the paper reported some of the big events of the 19th century.

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Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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