The Northern Herald was a weekly newspaper published in Cairns, Queensland between 1913 and 1939. It was published Fridays.

Front page of the Northern Herald, 18 April 1913

The paper was published by the Cairns Post from 11 April 1913 to 30 December 1939.[1] It was distributed from the Cairns region all the way up the Cape York Peninsula. After the Cairns Post took over the Cairns Daily Times in December 1935 the Herald incorporated the Daily Times.[2] In December 1939 the publication of the Northern Herald ceased after a run of 1346 editions.

Digitisation edit

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ The Northern Herald, 11 April 1913 , Page 2
  2. ^ "Incorporating Cairns 'Daily Times.'", Cairns Post, 20 December 1935, p.8
  3. ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Trove. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.

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