Manning River Times

The Manning River Times,[1] also published as The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales,[2][3] is a twice weekly English language newspaper published in Taree, New South Wales, Australia.

Manning River Times
Front page of The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales, 1 January 1898
TypeNewspaper
PublisherAustralian Community Media
Founded1952 (1952),
LanguageEnglish
CityTaree, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
WebsiteOfficial website

History

The Manning River Times is currently published in Taree, New South Wales, by Australian Community Media.[1] The newspaper is titled after the Manning River which is a prominent river system near the town of Taree. The Manning River Times started publication in 1952 and is still published currently.[3] Previously to 1952 the newspaper was published as The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales.[3] It was first published by William Burnham Boyce (1869-1968)[2] in 1896.

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales was published twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday up until 1954.[4] In 1954 under the title Manning River Times it expanded publication to 3 times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.[4] However the Manning River Times is currently published twice a week on Wednesday and Friday.[1]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[5][6]

See also

References
  1. Media, Australian Community Media - Fairfax. "Taree News, sport and weather | Manning River Times". www.manningrivertimes.com.au. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  2. Austlit. "William Burnham Boyce". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  3. "State Library of NSW". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. "The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales (Taree, NSW : 1898 - 1954)". Trove. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  5. "Newspapers Home". Trove. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  6. "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program | National Library of Australia". www.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
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