The Wollondilly Press

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The Wollondilly Press, previously published as The Bowral Free Press, was an English language newspaper published twice weekly, on Wednesday and Saturday, in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. [1]

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The front page of The Wollondilly Press on Wednesday 31 March 1906 The Wollondilly Press 31 March 1906.png
The front page of The Wollondilly Press on Wednesday 31 March 1906

History

The newspaper was first published under this title on Wednesday 31 March 1906 by William Beer. [2] The change of the title from The Bowral Free Press to The Wollondilly Press was intended to reflect the decision to extend the scope of the paper's operations "to take in the whole of the district". [3] In the first issue under the new title the editor assured his Bowral readers that "the interests of Bowral residents will be guarded just as sacredly as of yore...". [3]

The paper's predecessor, The Bowral Free Press, was first published by William Webb on 7 July 1883. [4] He sold the paper the following year to William and Daniel Beer. [4] Daniel Beer was the sole publisher of the Bowral Free Press from February 1885 until his death in 1891. [4] Emily A. Beer was proprietor and editor from 1891 to 1895. [5] In September 1895 the paper was sold to William Beer, who was the still the publisher when the paper changed its name to The Wollondilly Press. [4]

Digitisation

Many issues of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program, [6] a project of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of New South Wales. [7]

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References

  1. "The Wollondilly Press (NSW : 1906 - 1914)". Trove Digitised Newspapers. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. "The Wollondilly Press, State Library of NSW catalogue entry" . Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. 1 2 "The "Wollondilly Press"". The Wollondilly Press. 31 March 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Bowral History Newspapers and Amusements". The Southern Highlands Online. Highlands by Design. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  5. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. Canberra, ACT: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 220. ISBN   0646402706.
  6. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  7. "Digitising our collections". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2013.