The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun

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The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s) Australian Community Media
Founded1889;135 years ago (1889)
LanguageEnglish
City Bellingen, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
Website www.bellingencourier.com.au

The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun is a weekly newspaper published in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia by Australian Community Media. It has been published under a variety of titles since 1889, including The Northern Courier, The Raleigh Sun, Seaboard Valley Star and The Bellinger Courier-Sun.

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History

The Northern Courier and County of Raleigh Advocate was first published in Fernmount on 1 September 1889 by Henry Boultwood. [1] In March 1894 The Raleigh Sun was launched in competition to The Northern Courier by William Thomas Campbell and Thomas Giddons. [2] Elizabeth May Campbell was proprietor for nineteen years after the death of her husband, William Thomas Campbell, in 1899. [3] The Raleigh Sun was published in Bellingen. The Northern Courier and The Raleigh Sun merged on 12 February 1946 to become The Bellinger Courier-Sun. [4]

In December 2000, the Courier-Sun merged with the Seaboard Valley Star and is now published as The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun. [5]

Digitisation

The Raleigh Sun has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. [6] [7]

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