The Footscray Advertiser
The Footscray Advertiser was a weekly newspaper published from 1874 until 1982 in Footscray, Melbourne, Australia.
While the origins of the Advertiser are not clear, it is thought to have been formed out of the Footscray Observer and Maidstone, Albion, Braybrook and Flemington Advertiser which was published as early as 20 August 1859.[1]
The Advertiser was operated by many different proprietors in its early days but from 1897 until the 1960s it was in the hands of the Jamieson family.[2] In 1966 the Advertiser was owned by Cumberland Newspapers and was known as the Western Suburbs Advertiser from 1966 until 1982 when it ceased publication.[3]
See also
List of newspapers in Australia
References
- ^ Footscray's first 100 years : the story of a great Australian city. The Advertiser in association with Footscray City Council, [Footscray, Vic, 1960. [unpaginated].
- ^ Lack, John F and Footscray (Vic.). Council A history of Footscray (Rev. ed). Hargreen Publishing in conjunction with the City of Footscray, North Melbourne, 1991, p. 199.
- ^ Radio and TV media guide and press directory of Australia and New Zealand. Country Press Ltd, Sydney, 1966, p. 110.
External links
- Digitised Footscray Advertiser from the National Library of Australia
- Digitised World War I Victorian newspapers from the State Library of Victoria