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Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate

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The Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate, also known as the Murrumburrah Signal and The Signal, Murrumburrah-Harden,[1] was an English language newspaper published from 1881[2] to 1947 in Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia.[1]

Front page of the Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate, 6 August 1881

History

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The Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate was first published on 6 August 1881[3] by proprietors P. Jefferson Wallace and Robert Bruce Wallace.[1] Initially it was published every Saturday and circulated in Murrumburrah and the surrounding districts.[2] From 14 November 1946 the title changed to The Signal, Murrumburrah-Harden.[4] The paper ceased publication on 9 January 1947[1] when it was merged with the Harden Express to form The Harden-Murrumburrah Express.[5]

Digitisation

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The Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Murrumburrah signal and County of Harden advocate". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate (NSW : 1881 - 1947), 6 August 1881". p. 1. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. Canberra City, A.C.T.: Infinite Harvest. p. 84. ISBN 0646402706.
  4. ^ "Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate (NSW : 1881 - 1947), 7 November 1946". p. 1. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country Conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. Canberra City, A.C.T.: Infinite Harvest. pp. 194–196. ISBN 0646402706.
  6. ^ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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