The ''Border Times'', based in Pinnaroo, is the local newspaper of the Southern Mallee region of

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since 1911. Published weekly, it focuses on local news, sports and weather.

History

The ''Pinnaroo & Border Times'' (subtitled "''Circulating through the Pinnaroo and Victorian Mallee Districts''") was first published on Friday 17 March 1911. On 17 May 1912, a median-subtitle was added, which read "''And Walpeup Shire Recorder''". On 20 April 1917, the subtitle was changed to read "''Appointed official advertising organ for the West Riding of the Shire of Walpeup, Victorian Railways, Lands Department, Water Commission, and Closer Settlement Board. The Pioneer Newspaper of Pinnaroo, Murrayville, Victorian Border, Cowangie, and Other Districts''", reflecting its new role in printing official announcements. The ''Murrayville Pioneer'' (16 November 1917 - 10 May 1918), representing Murrayville across the border in Victoria, moved printing to Pinnaroo, as did its successor the ''Murrayville Pioneer and North Western Settler'' (17 May 1918 - 6 May 1927), before merging into the Times. By 1930, the subtitle was simplified to read "''with which is incorporated the "Murrayville Pioneer" and "Lameroo Recorder"''". On 10 July 1941, its title was simplified to ''Pinnaroo Border Times''. Between October 1952 and April 1953, another publication called the ''Border Guardian'', was published for the Pinnaroo region by Smedley Press in Glenelg, when the ''Times'' briefly ceased publication between 24 July 1952 and 12 March 1953. In 1987, it changed its title to the ''Border Times'', and it is now part of the Taylor Group (publishers of the ''

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''), dated Thursdays, but published weekly on Wednesdays.

Distribution

According to the VCPA, the ''Border Times'' circulates throughout the Southern Mallee and

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in SA and the north-western Mallee in Victoria, covering the district council areas of the Southern Mallee, Coorong and Karoonda East Murray, and Mildura Rural City Council in northwest Victoria, and the circulation area includes the towns of

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, Jabuk, Karoonda,

Lameroo Lameroo is a town in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It is on the Mallee Highway and Pinnaroo railway line about 40 km west of the Victorian border, or 210 km east of Adelaide. It is primarily a service town for the s ...

, Loxton,

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, Murrayville, Parrakie, Pinnaroo, and

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References

External links

The Media Workshop
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