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''The Shoalhaven Telegraph'' was a weekly newspaper published in Nowra, New South Wales,
''The Shoalhaven Telegraph'' was a weekly newspaper published in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
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from 1879 until 1937. It was first published as ''The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser''.
History
''The Telegraph and Shoalhaven Advertiser'' was first published byJoseph Weston
Sir Joseph Dodge Weston (1822 – 5 March 1895) was an English merchant and shipping magnate and Liberal politician who was active in local government and sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1885 and 1895.
Weston was born in Ki ...
on 27 February 1879 in competition with the ''Shoalhaven News
''The Shoalhaven and Nowra News'' is an English language newspaper published in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia. It has previously been titled the ''Shoalhaven News'' and ''The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser'' .
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''. Weston installed his brother-in-law John Maclean as the newspaper's editor. The ''Telegraphs name was changed to ''The Shoalhaven Telegraph'' in 1881.
The ''Telegraph'' was sold to Maclean in 1886, who in turn sold it to Henry Rauch
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in 1900.
In 1937 the ''Telegraph'' was absorbed by the ''Shoalhaven News''.
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of theAustralian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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project of the National Library of Australia.
See also
*List of newspapers in Australia
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National
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* List of newspapers in New South Wales
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References
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shoalhaven Telegraph, The Defunct newspapers published in New South Wales Newspapers on Trove