The ''Ballarat Courier'' is a newspaper circulating in the

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region of regional

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. It is published daily from Monday to Saturday. In 2021 the editor is Eugene Duffy. The newspaper is owned by

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History

In 1867, Robert Clark and Edward J.Bateman established ''The Courier'' under the name of Bateman Clark & Co. The first office was located on the south side of Sturt Street, east of Albert Street. In 1871 the office moved to 24 Sturt Street and in 1889 the Clark and Bateman partnership dissolved, with Clark becoming the sole proprietor. In 1922 the newspaper became a private company called the Ballarat Courier Proprietary and a year later bought out the opposition, ''The Star''. The ''Courier'' changed format from broadsheet to tabloid in 1944. During and prior to 2021 the publication saw a steep decline in the publication of Letters to the Editor and Opinion.

Coverage on Trove

Trove carries digitized copies of most issues of the Ballarat Courier from
No. 722 of 1 December 1869
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5375 of 22 September 1885
and
1 January 1914
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1 January 1918
and the

Ballarat Star ''The Ballarat Star'' was a newspaper in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, first published on 22 September 1855. Its publication ended on 13 September 1924 when it was merged with its competitor, the ''Ballarat Courier''.''Ballarat Star'' Newspa ...

from
Vol X No 1 of 2 January 1865
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No 20,122 of 13 September 1924

References

External links

''The Courier''
* * Digitise
''World War I Victorian newspapers''
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