''The Kiama Independent and Illawarra and Shoalhaven Advertiser'', also published originally as ''Kiama Examiner'', then as ''The Examiner (Kiama, New South Wales)'', was a weekly English language newspaper published in

Kiama, New South Wales Kiama () is a coastal town 120 kilometres south of Sydney in the Illawarra. One of the main tourist attractions is the Kiama Blowhole. Kiama features several popular surfing beaches and caravan parks, and numerous alfresco cafes and restaurants ...

, Australia. It was also published as ''The Kiama Independent and Shoalhaven Advertiser'' and since 1947 as ''Kiama Independent''.

History

''The Kiama Independent and Illawarra and Shoalhaven Advertiser'' was published in 1863. Its original title was ''

Kiama Examiner The ''Kiama Examiner'', later published as ''The Examiner'', was a weekly English language newspaper published in Kiama, New South Wales, Kiama, New South Wales, Australia between 1858 and 1862. It was first published on 24 April 1858, more th ...

'', which was published from 24 April 1858 to 10 December 1859. It was succeeded by ''The Examiner'' which was published from 17 December 1859 to 30 December 1862. Then ''The Kiama Independent and Illawarra and Shoalhaven Advertiser'' was published from 7 July to 6 October 1863. Following this, the newspaper was named ''The Kiama Independent and Shoalhaven Advertiser'' and was published from 13 October 1863 to 2 April 1947. In 1947 it merged with ''Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal'' to form ''Kiama Independent''. Over the decades and under differing titles, it has at times been published weekly, biweekly or triweekly.

Digitisation

''The Kiama Independent and Illawarra and Shoalhaven Advertiser'' has been digitised as part of the

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of the

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