Manning River Times

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Manning River Times
Manning River Times, January 1, 1898.png
Front page of The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales, 1 January 1898
TypeNewspaper
PublisherAustralian Community Media
Founded1952;70 years ago (1952),
LanguageEnglish
CityTaree, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Website Official website

The Manning River Times, [1] also published as The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales, [2] [3] is a twice weekly English language newspaper published in Taree, New South Wales, Australia.

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History

The Manning River Times is currently published in Taree, New South Wales, by Australian Community Media. [1] The newspaper is titled after the Manning River which is a prominent river system near the town of Taree. The Manning River Times started publication in 1952 and is still published currently. [3] Previously to 1952 the newspaper was published as The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales. [3] It was first published by William Burnham Boyce (1869-1968) [2] in 1896.

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales was published twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday up until 1954. [4] In 1954 under the title Manning River Times it expanded publication to 3 times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. [4] However the Manning River Times is currently published twice a week on Wednesday and Friday. [1]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. [5] [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Austlit. "William Burnham Boyce". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "State Library of NSW" . Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 "The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales (Taree, NSW : 1898 - 1954)". Trove. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  5. "Newspapers Home". Trove. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  6. "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program | National Library of Australia". www.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 23 June 2016.