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The ''Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser'' was an English language newspaper published in
Some History of The Wagga Wagga Express
The ''Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser'' was an English language newspaper published in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's la ...
. It was the first newspaper to be published in Wagga Wagga, and was in circulation from 1858 to 1939.
History
The newspaper was first published on 30 October 1858 by James Thorburn Brown, predating '' The Daily Advertiser'' by ten years. The paper changed name several times and ceased publication in 1939. The ''Wagga Wagga Express'' offices were destroyed by fire on 14 February 1892 with only the account books being rescued from the blaze.Digitisation
The newspaper has been digitised as part of theAustralian Newspapers Digitisation Program
Trove is an Australian online library database owned by the National Library of Australia in which it holds partnerships with source providers National and State Libraries Australia, an aggregator and service which includes full text document ...
project hosted by the National Library of Australia
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.
See also
*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)
Li ...
* 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.
Daily newspape ...
References
Further reading
* Holden, W Sprague 1961, ''Australia goes to press'', Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. * Mayer, Henry 1964, ''The press in Australia'', Lansdowne Press, Melbourne. * Walker, R B 1976, ''The newspaper press in New South Wales 1803-1920'', Sydney University Press, Sydney. * Burch, Geoff 2012Some History of The Wagga Wagga Express
External links
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