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Front page of The Newcastle Sun on 23 March 1918. The Newcastle Sun 23 March 1918.PNG
Front page of The Newcastle Sun on 23 March 1918.

The Newcastle Sun was a newspaper published in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It had previously been published as The Northern Times.

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History

The Northern Times was first published in 1916. [1] In 1918 the Times was purchased by Sir Hugh Denison, publisher of The Sun who changed the name to The Newcastle Sun. [2] The Newcastle Sun was acquired by Newcastle Morning Herald in 1936 and continued until 1980 when it ceased publication. [3]

A newspaper named The Northern Times (with the alternative title Northern Times and Newcastle Telegraph) had previously been published in Maitland from 1857-1860. [4] [5] The Northern Telegraph resumed publication in 1916, before being absorbed by the Northern Times in 1918. [6] [5]

Digitisation

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

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References

  1. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 204. ISBN   0646402706.
  2. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 204. ISBN   0646402706.
  3. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 340. ISBN   0646402706.
  4. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 14. ISBN   0646402706.
  5. 1 2 "Northern times (Newcastle, N.S.W.)". Catalogue. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  6. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing Pty Ltd. p. 339.
  7. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  8. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.