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Kimberley Echo is a Kununurra Kimberley, Western Australia based community newspaper.

It was founded in 1980 by James O'Kenny (born James Kenny) (died August 15, 2011 in Kununurra)[1][2][3][4][5] and Brian Cole It was a fortnightly paper from 1980 to 1993, and then became weekly in 1993[6][7] National Library and Battye Library holdings details show changes in publication[8][9]

The acquisition of the newspaper by The West Australian Newspapers in 2007 attracted ACCC interest[10] but no subsequent actions were followed.

Notes

  1. ^ Referred to in his obituaries as Gelignite Jim
  2. ^ http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss?action=DisplayRecord&targetid=nbd&recordid=4648165
  3. ^ http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/regional/kimberley/a/-/news/10120753/larrikin-journalist-stood-by-his-beliefs/
  4. ^ Nathan Dyer, 29 August 2011, The West Australian, page 37 The explosive life of Gelignite Jim
  5. ^ James O'Kenny - information about the founder of the Kimberley Echo and some history of the newspaper, Sunday times (Perth, W.A.), 18 Sept. 1988, p. 57
  6. ^ http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10934413?q=kimberley+echo&c=article
  7. ^ Kimberley Echo - detailed history of the newspaper - in - Campaign brief, May 1996, p.42,
  8. ^ http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au/record=b1143090~S2
  9. ^ http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/apps/kss?action=DisplayRecord&targetid=nbd&recordid=4648165
  10. ^ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/128605/20110926-0933/www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemid/787032/fromitemid/751046.html ACCC inquiry
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