Manning River Times

Front page of The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales, 1 January 1898

The Manning River Times,[1] also published as The Manning River times and advocate for the northern coast districts of New South Wales,[2][3] is a twice weekly English language newspaper published in Taree, New South Wales, Australia.

History

The Manning River Times is currently published in Taree, New South Wales, by Fairfax Media.[1] The newspaper is titled after the Manning River which is a prominent river system near the town of Taree. The Manning River Times started publication in 1952 and is still published currently.[3] Previously to 1952 the newspaper was published as the Manning River times and advocate for the northern coast districts of New South Wales.[3] It was first published by William Burnham Boyce (1869-1968)[2] in 1896.

The Manning River times and advocate for the northern coast districts of New South Wales was published twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday up until 1954.[4] In 1954 under the title Manning River Times it expanded publication to 3 times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.[4] However the Manning River Times is currently published twice a week on Wednesday and Friday.[1]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Media, Australian Community Media - Fairfax. "Taree News, sport and weather | Manning River Times". www.manningrivertimes.com.au. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  2. 1 2 Austlit. "William Burnham Boyce". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  3. 1 2 3 "State Library of NSW". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 "The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales (Taree, NSW : 1898 - 1954)". Trove. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  5. ↑ "Newspapers Home". Trove. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  6. ↑ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program | National Library of Australia". www.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-06-23.

External links

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