![]() Front page of the first issue of The Bunbury Herald, 1892 | |
Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Founder | Stephen J Cusack |
Founded | 1892 |
Ceased publication | 1929 |
City | Bunbury |
Country | Australia |
ISSN | 2200-4181 |
The Bunbury Herald, also published as The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express, was a bi-weekly English language newspaper published in Bunbury, Western Australia. After a merger with South Western Times, it became the South Western Tribune. In 1997 a weekly newspaper named Bunbury Herald was established by Seven West Media.
The Bunbury Herald was first issued on 28 September 1892 as a weekly publication; it later moved to a tri-weekly format. The newspaper was founded and edited by Stephen J Cusack. [1]
Cusack was proprietor of the newspaper until he sold it, due to his failing health, on 1 October 1899. [2] Editorship was taken over by George William Keith. [3]
The Bunbury Herald continued as The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express, which ran from 16 August 1919 to 20 December 1929. It was printed by Sidney Charles Merriott. [4] In 1929 The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express merged with the South Western Times to become the South Western Tribune. [4]
Issues of The Bunbury Herald (1892–1919) and The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express (1919–1929) have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program, [5] a project of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia.
Hard copy and microfilm copies of The Bunbury Herald, [6] The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express [4] and Bunbury Herald [7] are also available at the State Library of Western Australia.