''The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun'' is a weekly
newspaper
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published in
Bellingen,
New South Wales
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Australian Community Media
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. It has been published under a variety of titles since 1889, including ''The Northern Courier'', ''The Raleigh Sun'', ''Seaboard Valley Star'' and ''The Bellinger Courier-Sun''.
History
''The Northern Courier and County of Raleigh Advocate'' was first published in
Fernmount on 1 September 1889 by
Henry Boultwood. In March 1894 ''The Raleigh Sun'' was launched in competition to ''The Northern Courier'' by
William Thomas Campbell and
Thomas Giddons. Elizabeth May Campbell was proprietor for nineteen years after the death of her husband, William Thomas Campbell, in 1899. ''The Raleigh Sun'' was published in Bellingen. ''The Northern Courier'' and ''The Raleigh Sun'' merged on 12 February 1946 to become ''The Bellinger Courier-Sun''.
In December 2000, the ''Courier-Sun'' merged with the ''Seaboard Valley Star'' and is now published as ''The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun''.
Digitisation
The ''Raleigh Sun'' has been digitised as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the
National Library of Australia
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See also
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List of newspapers in Australia
*
List of newspapers in New South Wales
References
External links
''The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun''*
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