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Estimates for date ranges for this newspaper vary. Rod Kirkpatrick gives the date range October 1873 to 20 March 1917. (Kirkpatrick, Rod and Victorian Country Press Association The Bold Type: A History of Victoria's Country Newspapers, 1840-2010. The Victorian Country Press Association, Ascot Vale, Vic, 2010: 258.) The State Library of Victoria gives a start date of 1878 and an end date of 1902 after which the newspaper was continued by The Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record (1902-1917).
Peter Kirkpatrick's date seems correct as the Melbourne Argus announces receipt of the first issue of the Observer in its newspaper issue of 3 November 1873: 5.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
ISSN:
1838-031X
Frequency:
Weekly (Friday)
Range:
[October 1873] - vol. 29, no. 1512 (17 October 1902).
Continued by:
The Evelyn Observer and Bourke East Record (1902-1917)
Note:
'Circulating in Eltham, Lilydale, Heidelberg, Whittlesea, Yan Yean, Kangaroo Ground, Diamond Creek and Preston, Yarra Flats, Morang, Yerang, Caledonia, Healesville, Fernshaw, Marysville and Greensborough.' (Banner, 9 June 1882)
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