The ''Kadina and Wallaroo Times'' was a newspaper published in
Kadina, and also serving the nearby
Wallaroo
Wallaroo is a common name for several species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. The word "wallaroo" is from the Dharug ''walaru'', and not a portmanteau of the words "kangaroo" and "wal ...
,
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
from August 1888 to August 1966.
In 1968 the paper merged to form the ''
Yorke Peninsula Country Times
''Yorke Peninsula Country Times'' is a weekly South Australian newspaper, which was first published on 4 September 1968. It was formed by the merging of ''Kadina, Wallaroo and Moonta Times'' and ''South Australian Farmer,'' representing numerous fo ...
''.
History
With the 1861 discovery of
copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkis ...
at a property in the northern
Yorke Peninsula
The Yorke Peninsula is a peninsula located northwest and west of Adelaide in South Australia, between Spencer Gulf on the west and Gulf St Vincent on the east. The peninsula is separated from Kangaroo Island to the south by Investigator Str ...
, the town of
Kadina quickly grew to 8,000. Brothers David and Andrew Fyfe Taylor, and George Thompson Clarkson founded the newspaper in the nearby port of
Wallaroo
Wallaroo is a common name for several species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. The word "wallaroo" is from the Dharug ''walaru'', and not a portmanteau of the words "kangaroo" and "wal ...
in 1865.
The newspapers mainly focused on reporting the happenings in these two towns and nearby
Moonta. Editorial opinion was generally politically conservative and supportive of
free trade
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. It opposed miners'
strikes and in particular opposed to Premier
Charles Kingston
Charles Cameron Kingston (22 October 1850 – 11 May 1908) was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was a radical liberal Premier of South Australia, occupying this office with the support of Labor, which in the House of Assembly ...
. Some early editions of the paper contained articles written in
Welsh
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* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
. "In 1870 South Australian Parliament debated the newspaper's 'contempt of this House.' The unpopular MP and newspaper owner,
Ebenezer Ward
Ebenezer Ward (4 September 1837 – 8 October 1917) was an Australian politician and journalist. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1870 to 1880 and from 1881 to 1890, representing Gumeracha (1870–1880), Burra (18 ...
, reputedly charged the newspaper with libel three times. However the outspokenness of the Times in the 1860s and 1870s stopped after this and particularly from 1878 under the editorship of
David Bews
David Bews (April 1850 – 24 February 1891) was a newspaper editor, politician in colonial South Australia and Minister of Education. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1885 until his death in 1891, representing the ...
."
Historically, its origin was the ''Wallaroo Times and Mining Journal'', published from 1 February 1865 to 31 December 1881, then the ''Wallaroo Times'' from 4 January 1882 to 28 July 1888. It became ''Kadina and Wallaroo Times'' on 1 August 1888, when the paper moved its offices from Wallaroo to Kadina. From 1966 it became the ''Kadina, Wallaroo and Moonta Times'', then following a merger with the ''South Australian Farmer'' in 1968 the paper became the ''
Yorke Peninsula Country Times
''Yorke Peninsula Country Times'' is a weekly South Australian newspaper, which was first published on 4 September 1968. It was formed by the merging of ''Kadina, Wallaroo and Moonta Times'' and ''South Australian Farmer,'' representing numerous fo ...
''.
Preservation
For the period of August 1888 (Volume 24, no. 2574) to March 1966 (Volume 101, no. 10,172) the newspaper title has been preserved on
microfilm
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by the
State Library of South Australia. This collection has been digitised and available online up to December 1954 as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the
National Library of Australia
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.
See also
*
Harry Kneebone
Henry Kneebone (17 March 1876 – 22 December 1933) was an Australian journalist, author, editor and politician.
He was born at Kadina, South Australia in 1876, son of Henry Kneebone of Cornwall and Elizabeth Ann (née Tonkin). In 1899, he beg ...
References
External links
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*
Kadina & Wallaroo Times' in S.A. Memory
*
Kadina & Wallaroo Times' in State Library of South Australia Catalogue
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