The Western Star and Roma Advertiser, also published as the Western Star, was a Queensland newspaper published from 27 March 1875 to 1948, [1] and then, as the Western Star from 1948 to the present day.
History edit
The Western Star and Roma Advertiser was published as a weekly from 1875 to Sept. 28, 1878; a bi-weekly from Oct. 1, 1878 to 1939 and as a weekly from 1940 to 1948. The Western Star was published as a weekly from 1948 to Apr. 22, 1949 then a bi-weekly. From 11 January 1952, the Western Star declared itself to be 'the largest bi-weekly in Queensland'.[2]
Digitisation edit
The paper has been digitsed as part of the Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[3]
See Also edit
- List of Newspapers in Australia
- Purposely Parochial: 100 Years of the Country Press in Queensland by Rod Kirkpatrick, published by Queensland Country Press Association, 2008
References edit
- ^ The western star and Roma advertiser, Francis Kidner, 1875, retrieved 29 November 2013
- ^ "[No heading]". Western Star (Roma) (Toowoomba, Qld. : 1948 - 1954). Roma) (Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 11 January 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 November 2013.