The Richmond River Express Examiner

The Richmond River Express Examiner is a weekly newspaper published in Casino, New South Wales, Australia. It has been previously published as The Richmond River Express, The Kyogle Examiner, The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser and The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser.

Front cover of The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser on 6 January 1903.

History

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser was Casino's first newspaper and was first published on 23 December 1870 by Robert Gordon Balmer.[1] In 1904 the name was changed to The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser which was shortened to The Richmond River Express in 1929.[2] The Express was published as a daily from 1929 to 1955 when a fire destroyed the printing plant.[3] In 1978 the Express merged with The Kyogle Examiner and became The Richmond River Express Examiner.[4] The Examiner is currently published by The Northern Star.[5] The current editor is Susanna Freymark.

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 90.
  2. "The Richmond River express and Casino Kyogle advertiser". SLNSW catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  3. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 203.
  4. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 204.
  5. "About us". The Northern Star. The Northern Star. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  6. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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