The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal, also published as Kiama Reporter and The Reporter and Illawarra Journal, was a semi-weekly, then later a weekly English language newspaper published in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia.

Front page, 10 August 1887
Front page, 4 January 1899

Newspaper history edit

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal was published from circa 1876-1878[1][2] until 1947. It was published under the title Kiama Reporter from 1886-1887[3] and The Reporter and Illawarra Journal from 1887–1894.[4] The circulation was semi-weekly until 1920 when publication changed to weekly.[5] In 1947 The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal merged with The Kiama Independent and Shoalhaven Advertiser to form Kiama Independent.[6]

Digitisation edit

The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[7]

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References edit

  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. Canberra City, A.C.T.: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 271. ISBN 0646402706.
  2. ^ "The Kiama reporter and Illawarra journal". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Kiama reporter". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  4. ^ "The reporter and Illawarra journal". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. ^ "The Kiama reporter and Illawarra journal". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Kiama Independent". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2016.