The Singleton Argus Explained

The Singleton Argus, also published as The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate, is a semiweekly English language newspaper published in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia since 1874.

History

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate began as a weekly newspaper and was first published on 15 July 1874 by John Willis.^[1] In September 1874 it was purchased by Thomas Boyce and Henry Pinchin.^[2] The title was shortened to The Singleton Argus on 14 July 1880.^[3]

Digitisation

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

See also

• List of newspapers in Australia

External links

• The Singleton Argus
  • • Press timeline: Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011
• The birth of the newspaper in Australia
• Isaacs, Victor, Kirkpatrick, Rod and Russell, John (2004). Australian Newspaper History: A Bibliography
• Isaacs, Victor; Kirkpatrick, Rod, Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers: A short history, Rural Press Ltd

Notes and References

1. Pogonoski. Reg. C.. The History of Journalism and Printing in the North of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society. 1938. 24. 5–6. 425.
2. Web site: Teale. Ruth. Boyce, Charles (1835–1917). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography. 13 March 2013.
3. Web site: Singleton Argus. State Library of New South Wales. 13 March 2013.
4. Web site: Newspaper Digitisation program. National Library of Australia. 13 March 2013.