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Manning River Times

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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; 72 years ago (1952),
LanguageEnglish
CityTaree, New South Wales
CountryAustralia
WebsiteOfficial website

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.

History

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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

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

See also

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References

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