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Tamworth's first newspaper.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
Frequency:
Weekly
Range:
Vol. 1 no.1 (13 April 1859) - [1877]
Size:
60cm
Price:
Per quarter: 8s. 6d., or, 7s. 6d. if paid in advance
Advertising:
Includes advertising. (In the early days of publication, much of the advertising related to businesses in Maitland.)
Note:
A series of libel suits between the Tamworth Examiner and the Tamworth News 'forced the closure of the Examiner in 1877'.
Source: The Northern Daily Leader, 'About Us', http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/about-us/
Sighted: 06/03/2013
Last amended 9 Jan 2014 13:20:26
