Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

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]

MastheadYears of publication
Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser1858-1875[5]
Wagga Wagga Express1875-1919[6]
The Daily Express1919-1930[7]
Wagga Wagga Express1930-1939[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

  1. ↑ "Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 28.
  3. ↑ "The Wagga Daily Advertiser Pty Ltd. (1868 –". Regional Records On-Line Guide. Charles Sturt University Regional Archives. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Morris, S. (1999). Wagga Wagga, a history. Bobby Graham Publishers. p. 62. ISBN 1-875247-12-2.
  5. ↑ "The Wagga Wagga express and Murrumbidgee district advertiser (1858-1875)". SLNSW catalogue. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Wagga Wagga Express (1875-1919)". SLNSW catalogue. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Daily Express". SLNSW catalogue. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Wagga Wagga Express (1930-1939)". SLNSW catalogue. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "[No heading]". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 15 February 1892. p. 1. Retrieved 3 May 2013.

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
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