''The Blue Mountain Gazette'' was a newspaper launched in
Katoomba, New South Wales
Katoomba is the chief town of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia, and the administrative headquarters of Blue Mountains City Council. The council's understanding is that Katoomba is located on the lands of the Dharug and Gu ...
,
Australia
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, in January 1903.
History
In January 1903 ''The Blue Mountain Gazette'' was launched by E. D. Wilson, who set up his business on Main Street, Katoomba. Twelve months later, in January 1904, Wilson sold his interest in the paper to Robert Gornall. Gornall sold to John Knight of ''
The Mountaineer
''The Mountaineer'' is a newspaper based in Waynesville, North Carolina
Waynesville is a town and the county seat of Haywood County, North Carolina. It is the largest town in North Carolina west of Asheville. Waynesville is located about sout ...
'' in December 1904 and transferred his printing plant "to a prosperous and rapidly rising mining and agricultural town in the north, where there is no newspaper". The ''Gazette'', which had circulated throughout the
Blue Mountains and adjoining areas, was incorporated with ''The Mountaineer''.
Digitisation
''The Blue Mountain Gazette'' has been digitised as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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project of the
National Library of Australia
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.
See also
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List of newspapers in New South Wales
This is a list of newspapers in New South Wales in Australia.
List of newspapers in New South Wales (A)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (B)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (C)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (D)
Li ...
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List of newspapers in Australia
This is a list of newspapers in Australia. For other older newspapers, see list of defunct newspapers of Australia.
National
In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965.
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References
External links
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Defunct newspapers published in Katoomba, New South Wales
Newspapers on Trove