''The Young Witness'' is a

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...

published in

Young, New South Wales Young is a town in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia and the largest town in the Hilltops Region. The "Lambing Flat" Post Office opened on 1 March 1861 and was renamed "Young" in 1863. Young is marketed as the Cherry Ca ...

, Australia. It has previously been published under the names ''Daily Witness'' and ''South West News Pictorial''.

History

The ''Young Witness'' was first published in 1909. It has since undergone several name changes as well as absorbed several other newspapers from the Young region. It acquired the assets of the defunct ''

Burrangong Argus The Burrangong Argus was an Australian newspaper based in Young, New South Wales, published twice-weekly from 1865 to 1913. It was, at the time of its closure, the oldest newspaper in Young. It sold at 6d per copy, then 3d per copy and finally 1d p ...

'' in 1913. In 1923 the title changed to ''Daily Witness'' but reverted to ''Young Witness'' in 1931. In 1947, the newspaper absorbed ''

The Young Chronicle ''The Young Witness'' is a newspaper published in Young, New South Wales, Australia. It has previously been published under the names ''Daily Witness'' and ''South West News Pictorial''. History The ''Young Witness'' was first published in 1 ...

''. The title was changed to ''South West News Pictorial'' in 1961 and this name remained until 1993 when it was merged with ''

The Young Times ''The Young Witness'' is a newspaper published in Young, New South Wales, Australia. It has previously been published under the names ''Daily Witness'' and ''South West News Pictorial''. History The ''Young Witness'' was first published in 1 ...

''. At this point the name reverted again to ''The Young Witness'' and it is still published under that name. The former editor is Craig Thomson. Rebecca Hewson is the ''Witness'' journalist.

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the

Australian 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 of the

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