The Blue Mountains Times

Last updated

The first issue of The Blue Mountains Times appeared on Friday, 16 October 1931. [1]

Contents

History

The first issue of The Blue Mountains Times appeared on Friday, 16 October 1931. It circulated from Mount Victoria to Hazelbrook/Woodford and was printed and published at the office of Joseph Bennett & Son in Cascade Street, Katoomba, for Lorin Grant Christie. From August 1937 Ralph Bennett is listed as the proprietor. (Bennett says the paper was taken over by the management of The Katoomba Daily, Blue Mountains Newspapers Ltd., and soon closed.) [1]

Digitisation

The Blue Mountains Times has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. [2] [3]

See also

Related Research Articles

The Queensland Times is a daily newspaper serving Ipswich and surrounds in Queensland, Australia. The newspaper is owned by APN News & Media. The circulation of The Queensland Times is 10,804 Monday to Friday and 14,153 on Saturday.

<i>Empire</i> (newspaper) 19th century newspaper published in Sydney, Australia

The Empire was a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was published from 28 December 1850 to 14 February 1875, except for the period from 28 August 1858 to 23 May 1859, when publication was suspended. It was later absorbed by The Evening News.

<i>Australian Town and Country Journal</i>

Australian Town and Country Journal was a weekly English language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, from 1870 to 1919. The paper was founded by Samuel Bennett with his intention for it to be "valuable to everybody for its great amount of useful and reliable information".

<i>The Arrow</i> (newspaper) newspaper in Sydney, NSW, Australia, active 1891 - 1896

The Arrow was a weekly English language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia between 1896 and 1933. The paper had previously been published under two earlier titles, The Dead Bird and Bird O’Freedom and also appeared as the Saturday Referee and the Arrow. It was later absorbed by The Referee.

<i>The Evening News</i> (Sydney) Australian newspaper 1867 to 1931

The Evening News was the first evening newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was published from 29 July 1867 to 21 March 1931. The Sunday edition was published as the Sunday News.

<i>The Blue Mountain Echo</i>

The Blue Mountain Echo, also published as The Blue Mountain Star, The Katoomba Daily, The Blue Mountains Daily, and The Blue Mountains Echo was a semi-weekly English language newspaper published in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia.

<i>The Mirror of Australia</i>

The Mirror of Australia was an English language newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 1915 to 1917. It later merged with the Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial and continued under the masthead of Mirror.

<i>The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser</i>

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser was a newspaper published in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia from 1861 to 24 December 1931.

The Blue Mountains Advertiser was a weekly English language newspaper published in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia.

Joseph Bennett & Son began publication of The Blackheath Beacon in November 1930 and ceased publication with its twentieth issue on 27 March 1931. It was published in Blackheath.

A paper known as The Blackheath Bulletin was published for a short period in the early 1920s and appears to have ceased publication by the end of 1929.

The Blue Mountain Gazette was a newspaper launched in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, in January 1903.

The Katoomba Times was established by George W. Spring in early 1889.

The Mountaineer was a newspaper published in Katoomba, New South Wales which circulated throughout the Blue Mountains and Hartley districts between 1894 and 1908.

The Chronicle began publication on Thursday 15 August 1929, it circulated in Katoomba, Blackheath and Leura for only nine issues.

The Hospital Saturday News was published during 1930 for the Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital Board by Charles Lawson Dash.

The Independent of Katoomba in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales began publication on Wednesday 14 May 1930.

The Record of the Blue Mountains was a newspaper published in Katoomba, New South Wales from 1921 to 1925.

The Enterprise was an Australian newspaper established in Katoomba, New South Wales, in June 1913.

The Mountain Daily was an English language newspaper published in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia between 1919 and 1920. It was published by Charles Gordon Buchanan.

References

  1. 1 2 "Blue Mountains Local Studies: Newspapers of The Blue Mountains". Blue Mountains Local Studies. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. "Newspaper and Magazine Titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2013.