''The Northam Advertiser'' was a newspaper published in

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. It was published from 1895 to 1986. Between 1956 and 1959, it was titled the ''Northam Advertiser-News''. The editorial stance of the newspaper after its founding was studied by a

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student in the 1960s, and the newspaper was involved in commentating upon the turbulent first ten years of the twentieth century in Western Australian politics following the "post- Forrest era".

Digitisation

Digitised editions of ''The Northam Advertiser'' from 1895 to 1915 and from 1948 to 1954 are available on

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at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Northam Advertiser Defunct newspapers published in Western Australia Northam, Western Australia Newspapers established in 1895 Publications disestablished in 1959