''The Bendigo Independent'' was a newspaper published in
Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban populat ...
, Australia.
History
The ''Independent'' was founded in Bendigo (also named Sandhurst) in or before March 1862.
E. A. Banks (1854–1920) was the editor for many years.
In November 1918 the management of the ''Independent'' purchased its competitor ''
The Bendigo Advertiser
The ''Bendigo Advertiser'' (commonly referred to as ''"The Addy"'') is an Australian regional newspaper. It is the daily (Monday–Saturday) newspaper for Bendigo, Victoria, and its surrounding region. The paper is published by Australian Communi ...
'', and amalgamated the two titles under the banner of the latter.
Digitization
Copies of ''The Bendigo Independent'' of most issues fro
No. 8428(1 January 1891) t
No. 14910(30 November 1918) have been digitized by the
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta ...
and may be accessed via
Trove
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.
The newspaper was issued daily (except Sundays) during this period.
References
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Defunct newspapers published in Victoria (Australia)
1862 establishments in Australia
1918 disestablishments in Australia