The Tenterfield Star, also published as The Tenterfield Star and New England Chronicle and The Tenterfield Record and Border Advertiser, is a semi-weekly English language newspaper published in Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia.

The Tenterfield Star
CityTenterfield, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Websitewww.tenterfieldstar.com.au

History edit

Publication of The Tenterfield Star began 10 August 1871, published by Duncan M'Master Cameron. It continues The Tenterfield Star and New England Chronicle, published by Christopher Bentley, and absorbed The Tenterfield Record and Border Advertiser, published by Frederick Samuel Grey from 16 January 1885 until approximately 1890.

The Tenterfield Star was owned and operated in the late 1890s by Major J.F. Thomas,[1] the solicitor who defended Harry "Breaker" Morant.[2][3] The newspaper also played a part during this period in the Federation of Australia.[4]

 
View of Tenterfield, New South Wales, 1887
 
2nd Lieutenant James Francis Thomas (1899)

The Tenterfield Star celebrated its 140th anniversary in 2010.[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Brief Mention, The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser, (Friday, 23 Sep 1898), p.4.
  2. ^ "Major Thomas Defended Breaker Morant". Australians at War. Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia). 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  3. ^ Unkles, James, Ready, Aim, Fire : Major James Francis Thomas, the Fourth Victim in the Execution of Lieutenant Harry "Breaker" Morant, Sid Harta Publishers, (Glen Waverley), 2018. ISBN 978-1-9252-3050-5
  4. ^ "About Us". Tenterfield Star. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. ^ "About Us". Tenterfield Star. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

External links edit

Tenterfield Star (official website)