The front page of The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser on 3 August 1867

The Grenfell Record and Bland Advertiser is an English language newspaper published in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia. The newspaper has run continuously under various titles since June 1867 when it began as The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser.[1][2]

History

The Mining Record and Grenfell General Advertiser was first published on 15 June 1867 by William Barnby Howarth, appearing every Saturday.[1] The newspaper changed its name to The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser on 27 April 1876.[3][4] In June 1842 The Grenfell Record absorbed The Grenfell Observer, formerly The Vedette, and became The Grenfell Record and Bland Advertiser.[5][6]

Digitisation

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The Mining record and Grenfell general advertiser". State Library NSW Catalogue. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. ^ Mitton, Lloyd (1988). A history of Grenfell and the Weddin Shire. Weddin Shire Council. pp. 23, 185. ISBN 0731637542.
  3. ^ "The Grenfell record and Lachlan district advertiser". State Library of NSW Catalogue. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  4. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 0646402706.
  5. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. Infinite Harvest Publishing. pp. 37, 194. ISBN 0646402706.
  6. ^ Union list of local newspapers in New South Wales public libraries (3rd ed.). State Library of New South Wales, Public Libraries Department. 1995. p. 18.
  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.

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