Castlemaine Mail
{{Short description|Weekly newspaper in Victoria, Australia}}
The Castlemaine Mail is a weekly newspaper published in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Castlemaine Mail
| image = Castlemaine Mail 1 October 1917.JPG
| caption = Front page, 1 October 1917.
| type = Weekly newspaper
| format = Compact
| owners = Elliott Midland Newspapers Pty Ltd
| editor = Lisa Dennis
| foundation = {{start date and age|1854|05|13|df=yes}}
| political =
| headquarters = 13 Hargraves Street, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
| ISSN = 1448-935X
| website = [https://www.castlemainemail.com.au/ www.castlemainemail.com.au]
}}
History
The Castlemaine Mail continued the Mount Alexander Mail (also the Mail). It was published daily from 1 October 1917 until 14 November 1942, then tri-weekly until 13 July 1979, and later as a weekly, published on Tuesdays. Earlier newspapers in Castlemaine included the Castlemaine Yarner and Digger’s Gazette published on the goldfields in December 1853,{{Cite book|url = http://www.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/704290/report198.pdf|title = A Gazetteer of Newspapers from the Central Victorian Goldfields (1851-1901)|date = 2003|accessdate = 12 February 2015|website = Johnstone Centre Report|publisher = The Johnstone Centre, Charles Sturt University|last = Hughes|first = Sue|location = Albury, N.S.W.|page = 6|isbn = 1-86467-147-5}} and the daily Leader which ceased publication on 12 February 1916.{{Cite book|title = The Bold Type: A history of Victoria's country newspapers, 1840-2010|last = Kirkpatrick|first = Rod|publisher = The Victorian Country Press Association|year = 2010|isbn = 9780977556229|location = Ascot Vale, Vic|pages = 127}}
Castlemaine Mail covered the Mount Alexander Shire including Castlemaine, Maldon, Newstead and Metcalfe. Its office is at 29 Templeton Street, Castlemaine. Circulation in July 2008 was advertised as 3,250.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vcpa.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=40 |title=Castlemaine Mail |date=2008 |accessdate=12 February 2014 |website=Victorian Country Press Association |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329032219/http://www.vcpa.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=40 |archivedate=March 29, 2008 }} It was merged with Guardian express to form the Midland Express (Kyneton, Victoria) but the masthead continues to be published every Friday as the Castlemaine Mail and circulated in Castlemaine and surrounds.{{Cite web |url=http://www.elliottmidnews.com.au/about-us/ |title=About Us | Midland Express |access-date=2017-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828143754/http://www.elliottmidnews.com.au/about-us/ |archive-date=2017-08-28 |url-status=dead }}
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.castlemainemail.com.au/ Official Website]