The ''Port Denison Times'' was a weekly

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published in

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. It was also known as the ''Port Denison Times and Kennedy District Advertiser'' and the ''Port Denison Times and Bowen Advocate''.

History

The newspaper was first published in Bowen on 5 March 1864 until 25 August 1900 as the ''Port Denison Times and Kennedy District Advertiser''. Port Denison was the port off the coast of Bowen After amalgamation with the ''

Bowen Advocate Bowen may refer to: Places Australia * Bowen, Queensland, a town * Bowen Hills, Queensland, a suburb ** Bowen Hills railway station, a railway station in Bowen Hills ** Bowen Park, Brisbane, a park in Bowen Hills * Bowen Bridge, crossing the Der ...

'', from 1 September 1900 it was published as the ''Port Denison Times and Bowen Advocate''. It ceased publication in 1910. Frederick Thomas Rayner (c. 1835–1900) was the founder and first editor of the "Times", the first newspaper published in tropical Queensland, and for a time Australia's most northerly publication. It was at the ''Port Denison Times'' that

James Smith Reid James Smith Reid (c. 1848 – 15 January 1922) generally referred to as "J. S. Reid" and familiarly as "Smith", was an Australian newspaper owner, editor and businessman. History Reid was born in County Donegal, Ireland to Rev. James Reid MA ( ...

got his start in the newspaper business.

Alexander Vindex Vennard Alexander Vindex Vennard (11 July 1884–16 February 1947), or 'Bowie', was an Australian writer known by several pen names, principally Bill Bowyang. The name bowyang referred to a piece of cord strapped below the knee of a wearer's trousers. ...

who later wrote under the name of 'Bill Bowyang' undertook his apprenticeship with the paper before its demise.

References

{{Reflist Defunct newspapers published in Queensland 1864 establishments in Australia 1900 disestablishments in Australia Bowen, Queensland