Kiama Examiner

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Front page of the Kiama Examiner, Saturday 18 December 1858

The Kiama Examiner, later published as The Examiner, was a weekly English language newspaper published in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia between 1858 and 1862. It was first published on 24 April 1858, more than forty years before the federation of Australia.

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History

The newspaper was first published in 1858 by Robert Barr. [1] Robert Barr, a printer, sold the newspaper by public auction on 20 August 1859 to W. Vance, after damages of £200 were awarded against him for libel. [2] :27 Later the same year William Irving acquired the newspaper [2] :27 and from January 1860 the newspaper was published twice per week, on Wednesday and Saturday. [3]

The last issue of the paper as The Kiama Examiner appeared on 10 December 1859, and the first issue of the paper under its new title The Examiner, appeared a week later on 17 December 1859. [3] The last issue of the paper appeared in June 1863. [2] :20 The paper was then absorbed by the Illawarra Mercury. [4]

Digitisation

The paper [5] has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program [6] hosted by the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of New South Wales. [7]

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References

  1. "Kiama examiner". SLNSW catalogue. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. Canberra City: Infinite Harvest Publishing. ISBN   0646402706.
  3. 1 2 "Examiner (Kiama, NSW : 1859 - 1862)". Trove . National Library Australia . Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  4. National Library of Australia (1984), Newspapers in Australian libraries : a union list (4th ed.), National Library of Australia, ISBN   978-0-642-99327-4
  5. "Kiama Examiner (NSW : 1858 - 1859)". Trove . National Library Australia . Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  6. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  7. "Digitising our collections". State Library of NSW. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2013.

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