''News Review Messenger'' is a weekly suburban

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Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

, part of the

Messenger Newspapers Messenger Newspapers is the publisher of 9 free suburban weekly newspapers together covering the Adelaide metropolitan area. Established by Roger Baynes in Port Adelaide in 1951, ''Messenger'' has since acquired other independent suburban titles ...

group. The ''News Review's'' area stretches from Pooraka in the south, through to Gawler in the north, and covers Adelaide's northern suburbs. The newspaper generally reports on events of interest in its distribution area, including the suburbs of

Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Elizabeth (biblical figure), mother of John the Baptist Ships * HMS ''Elizabeth'', several ships * ''Elisabeth'' (sch ...

Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ...

Gawler Gawler is the oldest country town on the Australian mainland in the state of South Australia. It was named after the second Governor (British Vice-Regal representative) of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler. It is about north of the ...

and Pooraka. It also covers the

City of Playford The City of Playford is a local government area of South Australia in Adelaide's northern suburbs. It was named in recognition of Sir Thomas Playford, who played a part in the development of the area, and was South Australia's premier from 1938 ...

City of Salisbury The City of Salisbury is a local government area (LGA) located on the northern fringes of Adelaide, South Australia. It had population of 137,979 people in 2016 and encompasses an area of 158 km². The council's main offices are situated in ...

and

Town of Gawler The Town of Gawler is a local government area located north of Adelaide city centre in South Australia containing Gawler and its suburbs. The corporate town was established in 1857 due to the township's residents' dissatisfaction at being govern ...

councils. It has a circulation of 89,618 and a readership of 81,000.

History

The ''Salisbury, Elizabeth and Gawler News-Review'', as it was originally known, was first published on 3 July 1968. The creation of the paper reflected the growing population of Adelaide's northern suburbs in the 1960s. In 1977, the paper added Munno Para to its name to become the ''Salisbury, Elizabeth, Gawler and Munno Para News-Review'', In addition to the Wednesday edition, a Friday edition, known as ''The Weekender'', was established on 7 July 1978. ''The Weekender'' ceased production on 16 May 1980. From 6 June 1984 to 13 February 1985, the paper was known as the ''Salisbury, Elizabeth, Gawler Messenger''. The News Review named was revived from 20 February 1985, with the paper renamed the ''News Review Messenger''.National Library of Australia
/ref> In 2008, the paper was split in two, with dedicated Salisbury and Elizabeth/Gawler editions.

References

External links

Messenger Newspapers

News Review Messenger

News Review Messenger – Digital edition
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