Warwick Argus

Warwick Argus
Warwick Argus front page 26 August 1879
Owner(s)Andrew Dunn
EditorWilliam Dunn
Founded1879 defunct 1919
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersWarwick, Queensland
ISSN1839-6836

The Warwick Argus was a newspaper published in Warwick, Queensland, Australia from 1879 to 1919.

History

The Warwick Argus was preceded by the Warwick Argus and Tenterfield Chronicle published between November 1864 and 21 August 1879.[1]

The Warwick Argus was first published on Tuesday 26 August 1879, as a bi-weekly newspaper published on Tuesdays and Saturdays.[2]

Later it was published three times a week.[3]

Andrew Dunn bought the Warwick Argus in 1914 and installed his son William Dunn as editor.[4] The last issue was published on 31 January 1919.

It was subsequently merged with the Warwick Examiner and Times to create the Warwick Daily News.[3]

Digitisation

Issues of the Warwick Argus and Tenterfield Chronicle from 1866 to 1869 and from 1874 to 1879 and of the Warwick Argus from 1879 to 1901 have been digitised and made available online as part of the National Library of Australia's Newspaper Digitisation Project.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Warwick Argus and Tenterfield Chronicle (Qld. : 1866 - 1879)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ "The Warwick Argus". Warwick Argus (Qld. : 1879 - 1901). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 26 August 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b Warwick argus, University of Queensland, 1879, retrieved 2 October 2013
  4. ^ "The Warwick Argus and Tenterfield Chronicle". AustLit. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2013.