The ''Dubbo Dispatch'' was a
newspaper
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published in
Dubbo
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,
New South Wales
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Australia
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from 1865 until 1971. It has also been published as the ''Dispatch'' and the ''Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent''.
History
The ''Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent'' was first published in 1865 by
Thomas Martin Manning
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in the Furney building in Dubbo. The newspaper would remain in the Manning family until 1920.
In 1932, the newspaper briefly merged with the
''Western Age'' to form the ''Dispatch''. However, in 1933 the two newspapers split into the ''Western Age'' and the ''Dubbo Dispatch''. The ''Dubbo Dispatch'' would continue to be published until 1971 when it was acquired by ''
The Daily Liberal
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''.
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the
National Library of Australia
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See also
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References
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