The Northern Champion
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The Northern Champion was a bi-weekly newspaper published in Taree, New South Wales, Australia from 1912 until 1961.
History
The Northern Champion was first published on 2 February 1912 by David A. Cowan.{{cite journal|journal=The Northern Champion|date=2 February 1912|volume=1|issue=1|page=1|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page11722129|accessdate=26 June 2013|title=The Bega Budget (NSW : 1905 – 1920) – 30 Sep 1905 – p1 }} Mary Lucy Cowan (1872–1950) became proprietor and manager of the Northern Champion after the death of her brother David Cowan in 1922.{{cite book|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Rod|title=Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995|year=2000|publisher=Infinite Harvest Publishing|location=Canberra|page=239}} In 1961 the Northern Champion was absorbed into the Manning River Times.{{cite web|title=Manning River Times|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1168921~S2|work=SLNSW Catalogue|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=26 March 2014}}
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.{{cite web|title=Newspaper and magazine titles|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/about|via=Trove|accessdate=5 June 2013}}{{cite web|title=Newspaper Digitisation Program|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=5 June 2013}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Trove newspaper|653| The Northern Champion |Taree, NSW : 1913 - 1954}}
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