The ''Daylesford Advocate'' was a

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first published in 1878 as ''The Daylesford Advocate and Hepburn Glenlyon and Blanket Flat Chronicle''.

History

An earlier incarnation, the ''Daylesford Advocate and Hepburn Courier'', was briefly published by James Shelton Brocklehurst in April 1859, but it closed in December 1860 due to competition from the newly launched ''The Daylesford Express and Hepburn Advertiser''. As in many country

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s, competition and absorption of weaker titles by stronger titles saw the incorporation by the ''Advocate'' of the ''Mercury & Express'' (1880) and the ''Herald'' (1909). The paper ceased publication without explanation in March 2020 as a result of the

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pandemic.

Digitisation

This newspaper has been digitised as part of the

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n Newspaper Digitisation Program.

References

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* {{trove newspaper, 551, Daylesford Advocate, Yandoit, Glenlyon and Eganstown Chronicle, Vic. : 1914 - 1918 Defunct newspapers published in Victoria (state)