The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun is a weekly newspaper published in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia by Australian Community Media. It has been published under a variety of titles since 1889, including The Northern Courier, The Raleigh Sun, Seaboard Valley Star and The Bellinger Courier-Sun.
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Australian Community Media |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Language | English |
| City | Bellingen, New South Wales |
| Country | Australia |
| Website | www |
History
editThe Northern Courier and County of Raleigh Advocate was first published in Fernmount on 1 September 1889 by Henry Boultwood.[1] In March 1894 The Raleigh Sun was launched in competition to The Northern Courier by William Thomas Campbell and Thomas Giddons.[2] Elizabeth May Campbell was proprietor for nineteen years after the death of her husband, William Thomas Campbell, in 1899.[3] The Raleigh Sun was published in Bellingen. The Northern Courier and The Raleigh Sun merged on 12 February 1946 to become The Bellinger Courier-Sun.[4]
In December 2000, the Courier-Sun merged with the Seaboard Valley Star and is now published as The Bellingen Shire Courier-Sun.[5]
Digitisation
editThe Raleigh Sun has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[6][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 71.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 72.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience a history of the New South Wales press, 1841-1995. Canberra, ACT: Infinite Harvest. p. 220. ISBN 0646402706.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 73.
- ^ "The Bellingen Shire courier-sun". SLNSW catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.