Blue Sky Mining is the seventh studio album by Australian alternative rock band Midnight Oil, released on 9 February 1990 under the Columbia Records label.

This was the band's first studio album with bassist and backing vocalist Bones Hillman, who would remain in the group until his death in 2020.

[11] It peaked at number one on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) albums chart.

[12] It stayed at number one for two weeks in Australia and had Top 5 chart success in Sweden, Switzerland and Norway.

[19][20] Manager Gary Morris, accepting awards for Midnight Oil, was criticised for a speech lasting 20 minutes.