| The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Owner: | Australian Community Media |
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| Maneditors: | --> |
| Language: | English |
| Publishing City: | Bellingen, New South Wales |
| Publishing Country: | Australia |
The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun is a weekly newspaper published in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia by Australian Community Media. It has been published under a variety of titles since 1889, including The Northern Courier, The Raleigh Sun, Seaboard Valley Star and The Bellinger Courier-Sun.
The Northern Courier and County of Raleigh Advocate was first published in Fernmount on 1 September 1889 by Henry Boultwood.[1] In March 1894 The Raleigh Sun was launched in competition to The Northern Courier by William Thomas Campbell and Thomas Giddons.[2] Elizabeth May Campbell was proprietor for nineteen years after the death of her husband, William Thomas Campbell, in 1899.[3] The Raleigh Sun was published in Bellingen. The Northern Courier and The Raleigh Sun merged on 12 February 1946 to become The Bellinger Courier-Sun.[4]
In December 2000, the Courier-Sun merged with the Seaboard Valley Star and is now published as The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun.[5]
The Raleigh Sun has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[6] [7]