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The Coff's Harbour Advocate
''The Coff's Harbour Advocate'' was a weekly English language newspaper published from 1907 to 1972 in Coff's Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. It was also known as ''The Advocate'', and ''The Coff's Harbour and Dorrigo Advocate.'' History The paper was established on 12 February 1907 by Elizabeth May Campbell, with the assistance of Robert Clyde Packer. The full text of the masthead read: ''The Coff's Harbour Advocate and Dorrigo, Orara, Coramba, Bucca Bucca, Woolgoogla, Glenreagh and Lower Clarence Advertiser''. The ''Suns press at Bellingen was initially used to print the paper. In 1972 the paper was renamed ''The Advocate'', published by the North Coast News. On 28 February 1984 the title reverted to ''The Coff's Harbour Advocate''. Digitisation ''The'' ''Coff's Harbour Advocate'' has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. See also * List of newspapers in New South Wales This is a list of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coff's Harbour Advocate, Front Page, 12 February 1907
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Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour is a city on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, north of Sydney, and south of Brisbane. It is one of the largest urban centres on the North Coast, with a population of 78,759 as per 2021 census. The Gumbaynggirr are the original people of the Coffs Harbour region. Coffs Harbour's economy was once based on timber and agriculture. Over recent decades, tourism has become an increasingly important industry for the city. Once part of a region known as the Bananacoast, today the tourist city is part of a wider region known as the Coffs Coast. The city has a campus of Southern Cross University, and a campus of Rural Faculty of Medicine University of New South Wales, a public and a private hospital, several radio stations, and three major shopping centres. Coffs Harbour is near numerous national parks, including a marine national park. There are regular passenger flights each day to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane departing from Coffs Harbour Airport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
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Robert Clyde Packer
Robert Clyde Packer (24 July 187912 April 1934), known as R. C. Packer, was a journalist, media proprietor and founder of Australia's Packer media dynasty, which would later own Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) and now owns holds a controlling interest in Crown Resorts through Consolidated Press Holdings. Early life Packer was born in Tasmania, the son of a senior customs official, Arthur Howard Packer (died 20 August 1912) and Margaret Fitzmaurice Packer (née Clyde; 1855–1915). Arthur Packer was a son of Frederick Alexander Packer and his wife Augusta (née Gow). Both were members of the Royal Academy of Music in London and had arrived in Hobart in 1852 so that Frederick could take up the position of organist at St. David's Cathedral in Davey Street. The Packers were originally from the Reading area in the Thames Valley and Frederick's father was a master pianoforte manufacturer who plied his trade for many years on London's Oxford Street. Augusta was the grandd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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National Library Of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australians, Australian people", thus functioning as a national library. It is located in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ACT. Created in 1960 by the ''National Library Act'', by the end of June 2019 its collection contained 7,717,579 items, with its manuscript material occupying of shelf space. The NLA also hosts and manages the renowned Trove cultural heritage discovery service, which includes access to the Australian Web Archive and National edeposit (NED), a large collection of digitisation, digitised newspapers, official documents, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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) List of newspapers in New South Wales (E–F) List of newspapers in New South Wales (G) List of newspapers in New South Wales (H) List of newspapers in New South Wales (I–J) List of newspapers in New South Wales (K–L) List of newspapers in New South Wales (M) List of newspapers in New South Wales (N–O) List of newspapers in New South Wales (P) List of newspapers in New South Wales (Q–R) List of newspapers in New South Wales (S) List of newspapers in New South Wales (T–V) List of newspapers in New South Wales (W–Z) See also * List of newspapers in Australia * List of student newspapers in Australia * Media of Australia * Media in Sydney References {{DEFAULTSORT:Newspapers in New South Wales Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspapers Published In New South Wales
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