The Molong Express and Western District Advertiser is a newspaper published in Molong, New South Wales, Australia since 1876.
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events.
The Molong Express was first published on 1 October 1876 by Henry Vale Leathem and promoted the cause of free trade. Leathem continued to publish the Molong Express until he died in 1879, after which it was published by his widow, Marion Leathem, and his sons. [1]
The Molong Express faced competition from The Molong Argus which was first published in 1895 which adopted a protectionist viewpoint. [2]
The Leathems continued to publish The Molong Express until 1933 when it was sold to Walter Pollard Stanger. Stanger also bought The Molong Argus in 1934 and shortly afterwards incorporated it into The Molong Express. [3]
The Molong Express was owned by Norman Bloomfield from 1955 until his death in 2005.
The Express was purchased by Paul Mullins in 2006 and has been produced and published since then by Paul and his partner Rozzi Smith (Editor).
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. [4] [5]
The National Library of Australia (NLA) is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australian people." In 2012–13, the National Library collection comprised 6,496,772 items, and an additional 15,506 metres (50,873 ft) of manuscript material. It is located in Parkes, Canberra, ACT.
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