''The Tenterfield Star'', also published as ''The Tenterfield Star and New England Chronicle'' and ''The Tenterfield Record and Border Advertiser'', is a semi-weekly English language newspaper published in

Tenterfield, New South Wales Tenterfield is a regional town in New South Wales, Australia. At the , Tenterfield had a population of 4,066. Tenterfield's proximity to many regional centres and its position on the route between Sydney and Brisbane led to its development as a ...

, Australia.

History

Publication of ''The Tenterfield Star'' began 10 August 1871, published by Duncan M'Master Cameron. It continues ''The Tenterfield Star and New England Chronicle'', published by Christopher Bentley, and absorbed ''The Tenterfield Record and Border Advertiser'', published by Frederick Samuel Grey from 16 January 1885 until approximately 1890. ''The Tenterfield Star'' was owned and operated in the late 1890s by Major J.F. Thomas, the solicitor who defended Harry "Breaker" Morant. The newspaper also played a part during this period in the

Federation of Australia The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (which also governed what is now the Northern Territory), and Western A ...

StateLibQld 1 236927 View of Tenterfield, New South Wales, 1887

''The Tenterfield Star'' celebrated its 140th anniversary in 2010.

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Tenterfield Star
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