The Newcastle Sun Explained
The Newcastle Sun was a newspaper published in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It had previously been published as The Northern Times.
History
The Northern Times was first published in 1916.[1] In 1918 the Times was purchased by Sir Hugh Denison, publisher of The Sun who changed the name to The Newcastle Sun.[2] The Newcastle Sun was acquired by Newcastle Morning Herald in 1936 and continued until 1980 when it ceased publication.[3]
A newspaper named The Northern Times (with the alternative title Northern Times and Newcastle Telegraph) had previously been published in Maitland from 1857-1860.[4] [5] The Northern Telegraph resumed publication in 1916, before being absorbed by the Northern Times in 1918.[6] [5]
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[7] [8]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Kirkpatrick, Rod. Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press. 2000. Infinite Harvest Publishing. Canberra. 0646402706. 204.
- Book: Kirkpatrick, Rod. Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press. 2000. Infinite Harvest Publishing. Canberra. 0646402706. 204.
- Book: Kirkpatrick, Rod. Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press. 2000. Infinite Harvest Publishing. Canberra. 0646402706. 340.
- Book: Kirkpatrick, Rod. Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press. 2000. Infinite Harvest Publishing. Canberra. 0646402706. 14.
- Web site: Northern times (Newcastle, N.S.W.). Catalogue. State Library of NSW. 4 June 2015.
- Book: Kirkpatrick. Rod. Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. 2000. Infinite Harvest Publishing Pty Ltd. Canberra. 339.
- Web site: Newspaper and magazine titles. Trove . National Library of Australia. 5 June 2013.
- Web site: Newspaper Digitisation Program. National Library of Australia. 5 June 2013.
