The Northern Times

This article is about the newspaper from Carnarvon, Western Australia. For the newspaper once published under that title in Newcastle, New South Wales, see The Newcastle Sun.
Not to be confused with The Northern Territory Times or Northern District Times.

Front page of The Northern Times, 26 August 1905

The Northern Times was a newspaper published in Carnarvon, Western Australia from 1905–1983.[1]

History

The Northern Times was published from 26 August 1905[2] to 26 August 1983 in Carnarvon, Western Australia.

It absorbed the Geraldton-Greenough Sun[3] and changed title to the North West Telegraph.

It was established as "a paper for the North",[2] with a distribution area covering Broome, Carnarvon, Kununurra, Meekatharra, Wyndham, Cue, Mount Magnet, Mullewa, Sandstone, Wiluna and Yalgoo and was published weekly. The editor was Hugh Bismarck Geyer.[1]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian National Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Northern Times". Catalogue. State Library of Western Australia. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b "The Northern Times". Northern Times. Carnarvon, Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 26 August 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. ^ Geraldton Greenough sun, Country Newspapers, 1957, retrieved 10 December 2013 - the dates of the Greenough Sun are given as 1957 to 1973 - (On Microfilm. No. 275 (3 Jan. 1963)-no. 824 (8 Mar. 1973). Perth, W.A. at State Library of Western Australia. publication dates:- Vol. 1, no. 1 (3 Oct. 1957)-no. 824 (8 Mar. 1973) )
  4. ^ "Northern Times". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 November 2013.

Further reading

  • A history of The Northern Times by Lauritz Andrew[1]
  1. ^ Northern Times. 30 May 1973. Retrieved 29 November 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)