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''The Irrigator'', formerly ''The Murrumbidgee Irrigator'', is a weekly
''The Irrigator'', formerly ''The Murrumbidgee Irrigator'', is a weekly newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
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published in Leeton, New South Wales
Leeton is a town located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Leeton is situated in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, approximately 550 km west of Sydney and 450 km north of Melbourne. It is the administrative centre of the Lee ...
, Australia
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, since 1915.
History
''The Murrumbidgee Irrigator'' was first published on 23 April 1915 only a few years after the establishment of the town. Its circulation includedBarellan
Barellan is a small town in Narrandera Shire in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. On Census night 2021, Barellan had a population of 276. It is a quiet Riverina wheat town on the Burley Griffin Way, with characteristic silos, ...
, Brobenah, Darlington Point
Darlington Point is a small town on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River in the Riverina district of western New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Murrumbidgee Council local government area. The centre of town is four kilometres fro ...
, Leeton, Mirrool, Whitton, Wilbriggie, and Yanco
Yanco is a village with a population of 505 in Leeton Shire in south western New South Wales, Australia. Yanco is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning ''the sound of running water''. Yanco is located from Leeton along Irrigation Way. ...
. It changed hands a number of times. John Joseph Sullivan owned the paper early in its history, while it was later acquired by Rupert Henderson, who was first general manager of John Fairfax & Sons and later managing director.
In November 2001, it was renamed ''The Irrigator'' and remains in publication under this name.
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of theAustralian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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of the National Library of Australia
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.
See also
* '' Irrigation Record'' newspaper published in Leeton, 1913-1917 *List of newspapers in Australia
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National
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Daily newspape ...
* List of newspapers in New South Wales
This is a list of newspapers in New South Wales in Australia.
List of newspapers in New South Wales (A)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (B)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (C)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (D)
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References
External links
* * Newspapers published in New South Wales Leeton, New South Wales Newspapers on Trove Weekly newspapers published in Australia {{Australia-newspaper-stub