The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette explained

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette, also published as The Murrurundi and Quirindi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette, was an English language newspaper published in Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia from 1871 to 1933.

History

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette was first published by Robert Burgess in Murrurundi in 1871.[1] It was also briefly published as the Upper Hunter Courier : Murrurundi edition in 1871 by Richard Thatcher.[2] [3] The name was changed to The Murrurundi and Quirindi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette in 1885 when the Quirindi Gazette and Liverpool Plains Advocate began to be published in Quirindi in competition.[4] At some point between 1907 and 1926 the name reverted to The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette.[5] In 1929 it was bought by The Quirindi Advocate which then incorporated it in 1933.[6]

Digitisation

The newspaper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project hosted by the National Library of Australia.[7] [8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. pp. 52, 89.
  2. Web site: Murrurundi times and Liverpool Plains gazette (Online). Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. 13 November 2014.
  3. Web site: The Upper Hunter courier.. Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. 13 November 2014.
  4. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. pp. 62.
  5. 3 July 2013.
  6. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. pp. 64.
  7. Web site: Newspaper Digitisation Program. National Library of Australia. 22 May 2013.
  8. Web site: Trove Digitised Newspapers. National Library of Australia. 22 May 2013.