The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser
{{Short description|Former newspaper in New South Wales, Australia}}
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The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser was a newspaper published in Coraki, New South Wales, Australia from 1886 until 1942.
History
The Richmond River Herald was first published on 9 July 1886 by Louis Ferdinand Branxton Benaud, the great-uncle of Richie Benaud.{{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=128}} The first issue was almost never printed as the office and newspaper plant had been in flames a few hours before it was due to be printed.{{cite book|last=Benaud|first=Richie|title=Over But Not Out|year=2010|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton|location=London}} Louis Benaud made a career out of advocating for Coraki's interests and in the third issue the Herald argued for Coraki's incorporation into a municipality.{{cite journal|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Rod|title=The provincial press and politics: NSW, 1841-1930|journal=Australian Studies in Journalism|year=1999|volume=8|page=112|url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv.php?pid=UQ:11318&dsID=kirkpatrick99.pdf|accessdate=19 September 2013}}
The Richmond River Herald ceased publication on 26 June 1942.{{cite web|title=The Richmond River herald and northern districts advertiser|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1169581~S2|work=SLNSW catalogue|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=19 September 2013}}
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|work=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=5 June 2013}}{{cite web|title=Newspaper Digitisation Program|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=5 June 2013}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Trove newspaper|501 |The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser |NSW : 1886 - 1942}}
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