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The Portland Guardian was a weekly newspaper published between 1842 and 1964 in the seaport town of Portland, Victoria, Australia. It was known as the Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser from 1842 to 1876. [1]

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It was founded by Thomas Wilkinson [2] and James Swords, and was the second newspaper to be launched in country Victoria. [3]

After Wilkinson was elected to the first Victorian Legislative Council, he sold his interest in the paper to Rev. Thomas Elliott Richardson (1814–1869), brother of the artist C. D. Richardson. He was editor and proprietor of The Guardian from 1854 (or earlier) to 1863, in which year William Cooper became proprietor. [4]

It was eventually absorbed by local rival Portland Observer, with the final issue appearing on 26 March 1964. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Portland Guardian and Normanby General Advertiser(Vic. : 1842 - 1843; 1854 - 1876) at Trove
  2. ↑ "Victoria". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 23 April 1881. p. 6. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Kirkpatrick, R. 2010, The bold type: a history of Victoria’s country newspapers, 1840-2010, Victorian Country Press Association Ltd, Ascot Vale, p. 81
  4. ↑ "Tn Subscribers and Advertisers". Portland Guardian And Normanby General Advertiser . Vol. XXIII, no. 2, 219. Victoria, Australia. 2 April 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 12 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Kirkpatrick, R. 2010, The bold type: a history of Victoria’s country newspapers, 1840-2010, Victorian Country Press Association Ltd, Ascot Vale, p. 216


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