The Wagga Wagga Advertiser
The Wagga Wagga Advertiser, also published as The Daily Advertiser, was an English language newspaper published in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
History
[edit]The Wagga Wagga Advertiser was first published on 10 October 1868 as bi-weekly newspaper[1] on Wednesdays and Saturdays at a cost of 6 pence.[2] The newspaper was originally owned and run in partnership by two local pastoralists Auber George Jones and Thomas Darlow[2] and the paper's first editor was an Oxford graduate named Frank Hutchison.[2]
As the district of Wagga Wagga grew in prosperity and importance, Jones and Darlow viewed the newspaper as a means to provide the region with greater representation in the press.[2] The paper aimed to highlight the importance of agriculture and was devoted to people from all socio-economic levels.[2]
The partnership of Jones and Darlow was dissolved in 1871 and the paper was sold to the partnership of Stephen Sullivan and his father-in-law, J. Mackay.[2] Sullivan had originally joined the paper as a printer when he was twenty one years old[2] and the paper remained under ownership of two generations of the Sullivan family until 1953.[3]
On 27 January 1880,[4] due to popular demand, the frequency of The Wagga Wagga Advertiser was increased to tri-weekly published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.[2] The price of the paper was reduced in 1881 from 6 pence to 2 pence, to make it more affordable and on 31 December 1910 it became a daily publication.[2] Under the ownership of Stephen Sullivan, the offices of the newspaper were relocated from Fitzmaurice Street to Trail Street and on 3 January 1911 the Advertiser became The Daily Advertiser.[5] Publisher Stephen Sullivan spoke of the positive reception the move to a daily publication had received: "Since the announcement of daily publication of the paper, the proprietor has received manifestations of good will from all parts of the district, general satisfaction being expressed with a move in keeping with the rapid growth of the community".[5]
- 1911 - The Daily Advertiser is first published.
Digitisation
[edit]The Wagga Wagga Advertiser has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation program[6] project hosted by the National Library of Australia.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience. Canberra City: Infinite Harvest Publishing PTY LTD. p. 97. ISBN 0646402706.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Doubleday, Wayne. ""The Wagga Daily Advertiser Pty Ltd. (1868 - )"". Regional Records On-Line Guide. Charles Sturt University. Archived from the original on 9 September 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience. Canberra City: Infinite Harvest Publishing PTY LTD. p. 245. ISBN 0646402706.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience. Canberra City: Infinite Harvest Publishing PTY LTD. p. 61. ISBN 0646402706.
- ^ a b "Daily Advertiser celebrates historic day". The Daily Advertiser. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program". Trove. National Library of Australia. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ^ "National Library of Australia". National Library of Australia. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.