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Front page of The Murrumbidgee Irrigator for its first issue on 23 April 1915

The Irrigator, formerly The Murrumbidgee Irrigator, is a weekly newspaper published in Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, since 1915. [1]

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History

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator was first published on 23 April 1915 only a few years after the establishment of the town. [2] [3] Its circulation included Barellan, Brobenah, Darlington Point, Leeton, Mirrool, Whitton, Wilbriggie, and Yanco. [4] It changed hands a number of times. John Joseph Sullivan owned the paper early in its history, while it was later acquired by Rupert Henderson, who was first general manager of John Fairfax & Sons and later managing director. [5]

In November 2001, it was renamed The Irrigator [1] and remains in publication under this name. [6]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia. [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Murrumbidgee Irrigator". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. "The Murrumbidgee Irrigator (Leeton, NSW : 1915 - 1954)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  3. "Leeton". Heritage Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  4. "The Murrumbidgee Irrigator". 23 April 1915. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  5. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest publishing. ISBN   0646402706.
  6. "About Us". The Irrigator. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  7. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  8. "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2014.