Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

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The Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser, front page Saturday 13 November 1858

The Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser[1] was an English language newspaper published in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. It was the first newspaper to be published in Wagga Wagga, and was in circulation from 1858-1939.

History

The newspaper was first published on 30 October 1858 by James Thorburn Brown, predating The Daily Advertiser by ten years.[2] The paper changed name several times ceasing publication in 1939.[3][4]

Masthead Years of Publication
Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser 1858-1875[5]
Wagga Wagga Express 1875-1919[6]
The Daily Express 1919-1930[7]
Wagga Wagga Express 1930-1939[8]

The Wagga Wagga Express offices were destroyed by fire on 14 February 1892 with only the account books being rescued from the blaze.[9]

Digitisation

The newspaper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project hosted by the National Library of Australia.

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Holden, W Sprague 1961, Australia goes to press, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
  • Mayer, Henry 1964, The press in Australia, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne.
  • Walker, R B 1976, The newspaper press in New South Wales 1803-1920, Sydney University Press, Sydney.
  • Burch, Geoff 2012, Some History of The Wagga Wagga Express

External links

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