The ''Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News'' (also published as the ''Newcastle Chronicle'') was a weekly English language newspaper published in
Newcastle, New South Wales
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.
History
The newspaper was first published in 1858. It was originally published weekly but was later published more frequently, moving to biweekly and then triweekly editions. From 1866 to 1876 it was published as the ''Newcastle Chronicle''.
The paper ceased publication in 1876, with the commencement of ''
The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate''. The ''Herald'' also replaced the ''
Miners Advocate and Northumberland Recorder
The ''Miners Advocate and Northumberland Recorder'' was a bi-weekly English language newspaper published in Newcastle, New South Wales.
History
The newspaper was first published in 1873 by founder John Miller Sweet. It was one of two newspapers ...
'' which had commenced publication in 1873.
In November 1875,
William Aubrey Burnage
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. It has been digitised by the
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta ...
under its Newspaper Digitisation Program.
See also
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List of newspapers in Australia
This is a list of newspapers in Australia. For other older newspapers, see list of defunct newspapers of Australia.
National
In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965.
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References
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Defunct newspapers published in New South Wales
Mass media in Newcastle, New South Wales