The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser was a newspaper published in Coraki, New South Wales, Australia from 1886 until 1942.
History edit
The Richmond River Herald was first published on 9 July 1886 by Louis Ferdinand Branxton Benaud, the great-uncle of Richie Benaud.[1] The first issue was almost never printed as the office and newspaper plant had been in flames a few hours before it was due to be printed.[2] Louis Benaud made a career out of advocating for Coraki's interests and in the third issue the Herald argued for Coraki's incorporation into a municipality.[3]
The Richmond River Herald ceased publication on 26 June 1942.[4]
Digitisation edit
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[5][6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 128.
- ^ Benaud, Richie (2010). Over But Not Out. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (1999). "The provincial press and politics: NSW, 1841-1930" (PDF). Australian Studies in Journalism. 8: 112. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ "The Richmond River herald and northern districts advertiser". SLNSW catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.