''The Mountaineer'' was a
newspaper
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published 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 ...
which circulated throughout the
Blue Mountains and
Hartley
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districts between 1894 and 1908.
History
In September 1894 Robert Moss, said by Bennett to have been the proprietor of the earlier Advertiser, began publishing ''The Mountaineer'' in Main Street Katoomba (near the Family Hotel). The paper circulated “throughout the Blue Mountain and Hartley Districts”. At the end of 1894 Moss sold the paper to Peter Giles Hart who remained its publisher until May 1904 when he passed it on to his brother-in-law John Knight. During Hart’s time as proprietor the business moved its premises from Main Street to Park Street. At the end of 1908 ''The Mountaineer'' was sold by Knight to a new public company, “The Mountaineer Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd.” , whose board of directors was made up of a number of well-known local businessmen. This company planned to publish a new paper “much enlarged of an entirely different character, and in keeping with the needs and requirements of the rapidly rising places on the Mountains”.
Digitisation
''The Mountaineer'' has been digitised as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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project of the
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.
See also
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List of newspapers in New South Wales
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List of newspapers in New South Wales (A)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (B)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (C)
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List of newspapers in Australia
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National
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References
External links
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Defunct newspapers published in Katoomba, New South Wales
Newspapers on Trove