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and much of the surrounding region. It is published Monday to Friday but also appears as a sister publication called ''The Weekend Advertiser'' on Saturdays. The paper reaches about 31,000 people during its Monday to Friday printing, equating to 85% of all people aged over 14 that live in the paper's main coverage area.

History of the paper

The paper started its life as '' The Wagga Wagga Advertiser'' and was founded by two wealthy local pastoralists, Auber George Jones and Thomas Darlow. It was first printed on 10 December 1868, only 80 years after the commencement of European settlement in Australia. The paper is older than a large number of city newspapers and is one of the oldest regional newspapers in the country. The first edition was

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by Frank Hutchison, who was an

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graduate, and the paper was initially managed by E G Wilton, who had been trained in London. When it commenced publication, Wagga Wagga was also serviced by the ''

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser The ''Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser'' was an English language newspaper published in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. It was the first newspaper to be published in Wagga Wagga, and was in circulation from 1858 to 1939. ...

''.

The Daily Advertiser - 10 July 1954 - Second Edition

The ''Wagga Wagga Advertiser'' originally sold for sixpence and was printed bi-weekly in the form of a four-page

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, but became a tri-weekly publication in 1880. On 3 January 1911 the newspaper was renamed ''The Daily Advertiser'' and became a "daily" on 31 December 1918. Other than normal daily publication the paper has on occasion printed a special edition such as the issue of 7.30pm on 11 November 1918. On that day the paper's office, learning of the end of

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, rushed its special ''The Daily Advertiser Extraordinary'' on to the streets and it was through that medium that the citizens of Wagga Wagga first heard of the end of the War. In 1962 the newspaper reduced in size from a

to a tabloid format. From 1991 to 2002, the editor of the ''Daily Advertiser'' was Michael McCormack, a future federal member of parliament, and

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. The paper has for some years printed the following quote by

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on its front page, to profess its ethos:

This is true liberty, when free-born men,
Having to advise the public, may speak free

Publication as a part of the Riverina Media Group

The current version of the paper is owned and published by Riverina Media Group, which also owns and prints ''The Riverina Leader''; ''The Rural''; ''The Area News''; ''The Australian Senior''; ''The Southern Cross''; ''The Colypoint Observer''; and ''The Irrigator''.

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bought Riverina, five weeks before Rural Press merged into

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; ''The Daily Advertiser'' is currently published by

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Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the

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project of the

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References and notes

External links

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History of the paper

Publication as a part of the Riverina Media Group

Digitisation

See also

References and notes

External links