Gippsland Farmers Journal

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The Gippsland Farmers Journal was first published on January 27, 1887. The original masthead read as The Gippsland Farmers' Journal and Traralgon, Heyfield and Rosedale News.^[1] Originally published as a weekly, by July 1887 it was being published twice per week. The proprietor and publisher was Thomas Allard Pettit who sold the newspaper on 1 January 1904 to Mr.W. Chappell.^[2] Often referred to as the Journal or the Traralgon Journal, the paper's name was formally changed to the Traralgon Journal in 1923. In 1932, it merged with the Traralgon Record , Traralgon's first newspaper, to become the Traralgon Journal and Record.^[3]

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References

↑ "Introduction to first issue of the Gippsland Farmers Journal". Gippsland Farmers' Journal and Traralgon, Heyfield and Rosedale News. 27 January 1887.
↑ Jenkins, Margaret A. (2010). A Press Missionary - the life of Thomas Allard Pettit (ist ed.). Benalla, Vic: Margaret A. Jenkins. p. unpaged. ISBN 978-0-646-534503.
↑ "Final issue of the Record". Traralgon Record. 22 December 1932. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

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[1] "Introduction to first issue of the Gippsland Farmers Journal". Gippsland Farmers' Journal and Traralgon, Heyfield and Rosedale News. 27 January 1887.

[2] Jenkins, Margaret A. (2010). A Press Missionary - the life of Thomas Allard Pettit (ist ed.). Benalla, Vic: Margaret A. Jenkins. p. unpaged. ISBN 978-0-646-534503.

[3] "Final issue of the Record". Traralgon Record. 22 December 1932. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

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