The Northern Champion was a bi-weekly newspaper published in Taree, New South Wales, Australia from 1912 until 1961.
History edit
The Northern Champion was first published on 2 February 1912 by David A. Cowan.[1] Mary Lucy Cowan (1872-1950) became proprietor and manager of the Northern Champion after the death of her brother David Cowan in 1922.[2] In 1961 the Northern Champion was absorbed into the Manning River Times.[3]
Digitisation edit
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[4][5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "The Bega Budget (NSW : 1905 - 1920) - 30 Sep 1905 - p1". The Northern Champion. 1 (1): 1. 2 February 1912. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 239.
- ^ "Manning River Times". SLNSW Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.