The Shoalhaven and Nowra News

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The Shoalhaven and Nowra News is an English language newspaper published in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia. It has previously been titled the Shoalhaven News and The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser .

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History

The paper began in 1871 as Shoalhaven News and was published by Charles Isaac Watson. This publication ceased (possibly 1890) and was continued by The Shoalhaven News and South Coast Districts Advertiser in 1891, published by C.J.B. Watson. It ceased in September 1937 and changed its title back to Shoalhaven News, published by H. Cecil Rauch and Ray Rauch. This publication also absorbed the Shoalhaven Telegraph and ran from October 1937 until December 1945. The paper changed to its current name The Shoalhaven and Nowra News in January 1946 and is published by F. & J. G. Hanley. [1]

Digitisation

The various versions of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program [2] project hosted by the National Library of Australia. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "SLNSW Catalogue". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Trove Digitised Newspapers". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
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