The Campbelltown Herald

The Campbelltown Herald, also published under various other titles, was a weekly English language broadsheet newspaper published in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.

The Campbelltown Herald, 14 February 1880

History edit

First published on 14 February 1880 by William Webb,[1] The Campbelltown Herald was published between 1880 and 1919. It was the first paper published in the Campbelltown area.[2] Early editions of the paper bore the banner title The Campbelltown Herald and Camden, Liverpool, Appin, Picton and Menangle Advertiser.[3] On 30 March 1898, the banner title of the paper carried the sub-heading "with which is incorporated The Campbelltown Liberal".[4]

In 1886 the editor, William Webb, was charged by Henry Parkes with criminal libel. Webb was found not guilty by the jury who presided at the trial.[5]

In 1919 the paper changed its name to The Campbelltown News, and in 1953 it became The Campbelltown Ingleburn News.[6]

Digitisation edit

Many issues of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program,[7] a project of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of New South Wales.[8]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Campbelltown Herald, State Library of NSW catalogue entry". Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Campbelltown timeline". Campbelltown City Council. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ^ "The Campbelltown Herald". Trove. National Library of Australia. 14 February 1880. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  4. ^ "The Campbelltown Herald". Trove. National Library of Australia. 30 March 1898. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  5. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra, ACT: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 163. ISBN 0646402706.
  6. ^ "The Campbelltownian". Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Digitising our collections". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

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