Casterton News Explained

The Casterton News is an English language newspaper published weekly in the town of Casterton, Victoria, Australia.

History

The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record[1] was established in 1869. It later moved to Portland and was published as the Western Advertiser. In 1982, the Spectator-Observer Group bought it to again serve as the local paper for Casterton and in 1989 the name reverted to the Casterton News. The paper covers the areas rounding Casterton, Coleraine, Merino, Chetwynd, Portland, Hamilton, Heywood, Edenhope, Dartmoor and Mount Gambier.[2] Alternative titles for the publication include: Casterton news and Western Shires Advertiser, and Casterton News, Western Shires Advertiser and the Merino and Sandford Record, Casterton News and Western Shires advertiser and the Aspley, Edenhope and Harrow Advertiser.[3]

Digitization

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program[4] of the National Library of Australia.[5]

See also

List of newspapers in Australia

References

  1. Web site: Casterton News. 12 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Caserton News. 12 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150212062946/http://www.spec.com.au/pub-casterton/#general. 12 February 2015.
  3. Web site: State Library of Victoria, The Casterton news, Western Shires advertiser and the Merino and Sandford record. 12 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Australian newspaper digitsation program. 12 February 2015. 2 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702090621/http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program. dead.
  5. Web site: The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918). 12 February 2015.

External links

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