The ''Taralga Echo'' was a weekly English-language newspaper published in

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from 1924 to 1927.

History

The first issue of the ''Taralga Echo'' appeared on 1 November 1924, published by RJ Winning and Son. Previously, Robert John Winning had been involved in production of ''

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'', then in Cessnock with the ''Cessnock Express''. In Crookwell, and in partnership with his son John, the Winnings published the ''Crookwell Gazette'' and the ''Taralga Echo''. The ''Echo'' was begun in 1924 with the specific aim of providing content for a

Taralga Taralga is the traditional land of the Gundungurra people. Today it is a small village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Upper Lachlan Shire. It is located at the intersection of the Goulburn-Oberon Road and the Lagga ...

-based readership. It advertised a circulation throughout the local districts of Bannaby, Burra Creek, Burrallier, Bright Hill, Chatsbury, Curraweela, Emu Flat, Guineacor, Greenmantle, Myrtleville, Newfoundland, Richlands, Stonequarry, Taralga, The Meadows, Wombeyan, Wearborough, Wowagin, Yalbraith and YorkBorough. In January 1927, an editorial announcement advised that, due to economic necessity, a shared publication arrangement had been agreed to, between the Winnings’ sister papers of the ''Taralga Echo'' and the ''Crookwell Gazette'', and rival paper, the '' Argyle Liberal'', produced by WJ Morton. Publication of an independent ''Taralga Echo'' ceased with its final issue on 4 November 1927. Content of interest to Taralga district readers would subsequently be incorporated into a larger-sized ''Crookwell Gazette''. Following the death of Robert John Winning on 6 Dec 1933, son John continued to publish the ''Gazette'' in Crookwell.

Digitisation

The ''Taralga Echo'' has been digitised as part of the

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hosted by the

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References

External links

* {{Trove newspaper, 417 , Taralga Echo , Crookwell, NSW

Bibliography

* Holden, W Sprague 1961, Australia goes to press, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. * Mayer, Henry 1964, The press in Australia, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne. 1924 establishments in Australia 1927 disestablishments in Australia Defunct newspapers published in New South Wales Defunct weekly newspapers Newspapers established in 1924 Publications disestablished in 1927 Newspapers on Trove

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