The ''Warwick Argus'' was a
newspaper
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published in
Warwick, Queensland
Warwick ( ) is a town and locality in southeast Queensland, Australia, lying south-west of Brisbane. It is the administrative centre of the Southern Downs Region local government area. The surrounding Darling Downs have fostered a strong agr ...
, Australia from 1879 to 1919.
History
The Warwick Argus was preceded by the ''
Warwick Argus and Tenterfield Chronicle'' published between November 1864 and 21 August 1879.
The ''Warwick Argus'' was first published on Tuesday 26 August 1879, as a bi-weekly newspaper published on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Later it was published three times a week.
Andrew Dunn bought the ''Warwick Argus'' in 1914 and installed his son William Dunn as editor.
The last issue was published on 31 January 1919.
It was subsequently merged with the ''
Warwick Examiner and Times
The ''Warwick Daily News'' is an online newspaper serving Warwick, Queensland, Australia. The newspaper is published by The Warwick Newspaper Pty Ltd and owned by News Corp Australia.
The ''Warwick Daily News'' is circulated to the residents ...
'' to create the ''
Warwick Daily News
The ''Warwick Daily News'' is an online newspaper serving Warwick, Queensland, Australia. The newspaper is published by The Warwick Newspaper Pty Ltd and owned by News Corp Australia.
The ''Warwick Daily News'' is circulated to the residents ...
''.
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Digitisation
Issues of the ''Warwick Argus and Tenterfield Chronicle'' from 1866 to 1869 and from 1874 to 1879 and of the ''Warwick Argus'' from 1879 to 1901 have been digitised and made available online as part of the National Library of Australia
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's Newspaper Digitisation Project.
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* {{trove newspaper, 261, Warwick Argus, Qld. : 1879 - 1901
Defunct newspapers published in Queensland
Warwick, Queensland