The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News (also published as the Newcastle Chronicle) was a weekly English language newspaper published in Newcastle, New South Wales.

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News
Front page of The Newcastle Chronicle on 23 March 1867
TypeWeekly (Saturday), then Bi-weekly (Wednesday, Saturday) from 1861, then Tri-weekly (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) from 1862
FormatBroadsheet
Founder(s)Hugh M'Dicken and James Baker
Founded21 August 1858
Political alignmentLiberal, Independent
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication1876
merged into Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate.
HeadquartersNewcastle, New South Wales
Websitehttps://www.newcastleherald.com.au/
Free online archiveshttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title353
From 1866

History

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The newspaper was first published in 1858. It was originally published weekly but was later published more frequently, moving to biweekly and then triweekly editions.[1] From 1866 to 1876 it was published as the Newcastle Chronicle.[2]

The paper ceased publication in 1876, with the commencement of The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate.[3] The Herald also replaced the Miners Advocate and Northumberland Recorder which had commenced publication in 1873.[4]

In November 1875, William Aubrey Burnage became a partner in the business. In January of the following year Hugh M'Dicken sold his share in the partnership to Burnage, leaving Burnage as sole proprietor.[5]

Archives

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The newspaper is available on microfilm at the State Library of New South Wales.[6] It has been digitised by the National Library of Australia under its Newspaper Digitisation Program.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About Us | Newcastle Herald". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ^ "The Newcastle chronicle [microform]". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. ^ The Newcastle chronicle and Hunter River district news [microform], H.M'Dicken and J. Baker, 1866
  4. ^ "About Us | Newcastle Herald". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  5. ^ William Aubrey Burnage
  6. ^ "The Newcastle chronicle and Hunter River district news". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  7. ^ "New titles coming". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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