''The Murray Valley Standard'' is a bi-weekly newspaper published in
Murray Bridge Murray Bridge may refer to.
*Murray Bridge, South Australia, a city and locality
*Rural City of Murray Bridge, a local government area in South Australia
*Corporate Town of Murray Bridge, a former local government area in South Australia
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, South Australia, founded in late 1934 and published continuously since then. Its main office is on Adelaide Road, Murray Bridge. It was later sold to
Rural Press
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, previously owned by
Fairfax Media
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, but now an Australian media company trading as
Australian Community Media
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.
History
Murray Bridge's oldest locally produced newspaper,
''The'' ''Murray Valley Standard'', was first published in Murray Bridge on 23 November 1934. Its main rival at the time was the ''Murray Bridge Advertiser'' (a sub-publication of the ''
Mount Barker Courier''), which soon sold its local rights to
Maurice Parish
Maurice William Parish (29 December 1890 – 17 January 1980) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Murray from 1915 to 1918. He was elected at as a United Labor Party member, lef ...
.
From 21 December 1934, the subtitle changed to "''With which is incorporated 'The Murray Bridge advertiser' and 'The Mannum mercury'
''. From 5 June 1942 the words '
''Murray Bridge advertiser'
'' were omitted from the masthead, and from 6 June 1958 ''
'The Mannum mercury was also omitted from the sub-title.
Its first owner was former Liberal M.P. and Murray Bridge's first mayor, Maurice Parish, who purchased the printing business of Bert Lawrie in 1934. In 1950 Parish sold the newspaper and printing business to his editor, Frank Hambidge.
In 1967, Hambidge retired, handing over management to his son Michael Hambidge, and the ''Standard'' became the first South Australian country newspaper printed by the Web-Offset method.
By 1955, 2500 copies of the ''Standard'' were being printed weekly, and circulation was up to 7,450 in 1971.
Rural Press
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first bought shares in the newspaper in 1986, assuming full control in December 1994, and was itself purchased by
Fairfax Media
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in 2007.
Southern Review (supplement)
The ''Southern Review'' (12 May 1972 – 23 March 1973) was a short-lived supplement (only 20 issues were released) that was printed in Murray Bridge for five country newspapers, namely:
''The Islander'', ''Murray Valley Standard,
Pinnaroo & Border Times,
Southern Argus
The ''Southern Argus'' is a newspaper first published from March 1866 in Port Elliot, South Australia, and then in Strathalbyn from 1868 to the present. It is published on Thursdays.
History
The ''Southern Argus'' (as distinct from the ''Nor ...
,'' and ''
Victor Harbour Times
''The Times'' is a newspaper published weekly (or bi-weekly) in Victor Harbor, South Australia since August 1912. Its title has, as with most regional newspapers, undergone a series of name changes and simplifications over its history. It was la ...
.''
Distribution
''The Murray Valley Standard'' distribution covers an area of over 28,000km
2, from
Meningie,
Swan Reach, Mannum. Tintinara, Callington. Lameroo, Kanmantoo, and Karoonda.
It has a claimed weekly readership of 7,100.
Originally weekly, the ''Standard'' published twice-weekly in 1973, and has published on Tuesdays and Thursdays since 1981.
As with other Rural Press publications, an online version of the paper is available too.
References
External links
The Murray Valley Standard websiteSA Memory
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Newspapers published in South Australia
Publications established in 1934