Related Research Articles
The City of Holroyd was a local government area in the western suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. First proclaimed in July 1872 as the "Municipal District of Prospect and Sherwood", it became the "Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood" from 1906 and in 1927 it was renamed the "Municipality of Holroyd" after Arthur Holroyd, the first mayor. From 1 January 1991, city status was granted, becoming the Holroyd City Council. The administrative centre of the City was located in the suburb of Merrylands, located approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the Sydney central business district.
The Auburn City Council was a local government area in the Greater Western Sydney region of New South Wales, Australia. Prior to its 2016 merger, the council area was located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the Sydney central business district and had a culturally diverse population. Notable features in the area included the Gallipoli Mosque, located in the suburb of Auburn. The suburb of Sydney Olympic Park, the site of the main venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics, was located in the council area.
The City of Parramatta Council is a local government area located west of central Sydney in the Greater Western Sydney region. Parramatta Council is situated between the City of Ryde and Cumberland, where the Cumberland Plain meets the Hornsby Plateau, approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Concord was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1930, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Concord. It was abolished in 1968.
The Parramatta Advertiser is a weekly regional newspaper that serves the communities of Parramatta, Auburn and Holroyd local government areas and covers local news, sport, council decisions, and community events. This newspaper is published every Wednesday. It currently has a circulation of 79,598 and a readership of 78,000.
Wentworth Point is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 15 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of City of Parramatta. It is on the western shore of Homebush Bay on the southern side of the Parramatta River. Wentworth Point is usually regarded as part of the Greater Western Sydney region, including in administrative contexts, but it is also regarded as part of the Inner West region of Sydney in some contexts, especially commercial contexts.
William Henry Lamb was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1938 until 1962 and a member of the NSW Branch of the Labor Party and the Lang Labor Party. He was the Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1947 and 1959.
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers’ Advocate was a newspaper published in Parramatta with coverage and circulation incorporating Greater Western Sydney and parts of North-West Sydney, Australia. First published on 24 September 1887, the paper continued under this title until issue No. 3397, on 15 March 1950, when the newspaper was officially renamed the Cumberland Argus. It remained under this banner for a further 12 years until it ceased publication on 24 October 1962.
The Nepean Times was a weekly newspaper first published in the Australian city of Penrith, New South Wales on 3 March 1882.
The Liverpool Herald, earlier published as The Liverpool Mercury and The Liverpool Times, was a weekly English language newspaper published in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia from 1897 to 1907 and is an important resource to the history of the local area of Liverpool. The issues of the ten-year period covered the daily events of the then country-town Liverpool as well as providing commentaries on events overseas at the time. They also represent the only existing detailed record of any type from that period.
The Cumberland Free Press was a short-lived weekly Australian newspaper published and printed in Parramatta, New South Wales, with a coverage extending across the Inner West, Western and North West regions of Sydney. The paper was first published on 22 June 1895 and ceased publication in March 1898.
The Broadcaster was an English language local community tabloid newspaper published by several owners in Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, which principally covered the Municipality of Holroyd and surrounding districts. It was first published in Guildford in 1932, but became a title of The Biz newspaper publishing company located in Fairfield, in 1935. The Broadcaster eventually came under the control of Cumberland Newspapers in 1958 and was retitled the Merrylands Broadcaster from April 1975. The newspaper ceased publication around 1978.
The Blue Mountains Advertiser was a weekly English language newspaper published in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia.
The Cumberland City Council is a local government area located in the western suburbs of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Council was formed on 12 May 2016 from the merger of parts of the Cities of Auburn, Parramatta, and Holroyd.
The Weekly Advance was an English-language tabloid newspaper published in Granville, New South Wales, Australia, between 1892 and 1894. The paper principally covered the townships of Granville, Auburn, and Rookwood, with circulation and content extending to Clyde. Flemington, Homebush, Strathfield, Bankstown, Mortlake, Newington, Merrylands, Guildford, Smithfield and Fairfield.
The Auburn & Lidcombe Advance was an English-language local tabloid newspaper first published in Auburn, Sydney, Australia, from the 1920s to 1940s. The paper's masthead claimed the publication was "an independent journal devoted to the advancement of Auburn, Lidcombe and surrounding districts."
The Municipality of Lidcombe was a local government area in the Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The municipality was proclaimed as the Borough of Rookwood on 8 December 1891 and was renamed to the Municipality of Lidcombe, a portmanteau of two mayor's names, in order to differentiate itself from the expanding necropolis, from 15 October 1913. It included the modern suburbs of Rookwood, Lidcombe, Homebush Bay, Berala and parts of Newington, Silverwater, Homebush West and Regents Park. From 1 January 1949, the council was amalgamated into the Municipality of Auburn, with the passing of the Local Government (Areas) Act 1948.
The Granville Independent and Parramatta Advertiser was a short-lived English language regional broadsheet newspaper published in Granville, Sydney, Australia, from 1900 to 1901. The paper circulated in the townships of Parramatta, Granville, Clyde, Auburn, Newington, Rookwood, Flemington, Strathfield, Bankstown, Merrylands, Guildford and Fairfield.
The Auburn News and Granville Electorate Gazetteer was an English-language local newspaper published from 1903 to 1907 in Auburn, Sydney, Australia, circulating in Auburn, Rookwood, Silverwater, Newington, Clyde, Granville, Bankstown, Parramatta, in Sydney, as well as other metropolitan, interstate and overseas locations. The masthead proclaimed that the paper had "No sect, creed or party but for the good of all." The paper primarily reported on social, community, sporting and local government activities in the Granville Electorate, including the towns of Auburn, Rookwood, Granville and Bankstown, and included local business and classified advertising.
The Express was a free English language local community tabloid newspaper, printed and published weekly by Herbert Denley, at 58 Good Street, Granville, New South Wales, Australia. The newspaper circulated in the suburbs of Auburn, Lidcombe, Berala, Regents Park, Flemington, Homebush and surrounding districts, reporting on social, community, sporting and local government activities, and provided local business and classified advertising.
References
- ↑ "Auburn & District News". Auburn and District News. 1 (16). New South Wales. 28 November 1929. p. 1. Retrieved 24 August 2017– via National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ "Auburn and District News". Auburn and District News. 1 (16). New South Wales. 28 November 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 24 August 2017– via National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ State Library of New South Wales Catalogue entry
- ↑ State Library of New South Wales Catalogue entry
- ↑ Cumberland Council Library Service Catalogue entry [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ City of Parramatta Council Library Service Catalogue entry
- ↑ "Auburn and District News". NSW. Retrieved 29 November 2017– via Trove, National Library of Australia.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)