The Singleton Argus
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The Singleton Argus, also published as The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate, is a semiweekly English language newspaper published in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia since 1874.
History
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate began as a weekly newspaper and was first published on 15 July 1874 by John Willis.{{cite journal|last=Pogonoski|first=Reg. C.|title=The History of Journalism and Printing in the North of New South Wales|journal=Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society|year=1938|volume=24|issue=5–6|page=425}} In September 1874 it was purchased by Thomas Boyce and Henry Pinchin.{{cite web|last=Teale|first=Ruth|title=Boyce, Charles (1835–1917)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/boyce-charles-3035|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography|accessdate=13 March 2013}} The title was shortened to The Singleton Argus on 14 July 1880.{{cite web|title=Singleton Argus|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1157917~S2|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=13 March 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 Digitisation program|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=13 March 2013}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.singletonargus.com.au/ The Singleton Argus]
- {{trove newspaper|282|The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate|NSW : 1874 – 1880}}
- {{trove newspaper|281|Singleton Argus|NSW : 1880 – 1954}}
- [http://www.nla.gov.au/anplan/heritage/NewspaperChronology.html Press timeline: Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021091603/http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/birth-of-the-newspaper The birth of the newspaper in Australia]
- [http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9521 Isaacs, Victor, Kirkpatrick, Rod and Russell, John (2004). Australian Newspaper History: A Bibliography]
- [http://www.nla.gov.au/sites/default/files/sydnews.pdf Isaacs, Victor; Kirkpatrick, Rod, Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers: A short history, Rural Press Ltd]
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Category:Newspapers published in New South Wales