Cobram Courier

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The Cobram Courier, also published as Yarroweyah, Strathmerton, Katamatite, Burramine & Berrigan News, is a weekly English language newspaper published in Cobram, Victoria, Australia.

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Digital image of the Cobram Courier newspaper front page, 8 January 1914

History

The Cobram Courier was published from 12 September 1888 to 28 December 1995, by Victoria Heller & Marston, Cobram. From 1996, it has been published by Newsprinters, a subsidiary of McPherson Media Group. [1]

The paper is published every Wednesday, and reports on news, community and sporting events from the townships of Cobram, Barooga, Strathmerton, Tocumwal, Katamatite and surrounding districts.

It has a circulation of 2,606 within a population of 6,308 in the prime circulation area. [2]

Digitalization

The paper has been digitalized as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia and is available online. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2010). The bold type : a history of Victoria's country newspapers, 1840-2010. Ascot Vale, Victoria: The Victorian Country Press Association. p. 198. ISBN   9780977556229.
  2. "The Victorian Country Press Association" . Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. "The Cobram Courier". McPherson Media Group. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.