The Toowoomba Chronicle
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Type | Newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | News Corp Australia |
Editor | Steve Etwell |
News editor | Michael Roser |
Founded | 1922 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 618 Ruthven Street Toowoomba QLD 4350 |
Circulation | 22,808 Monday-Friday 30,270 Saturday |
Website | thechronicle.com.au |
The Toowoomba Chronicle is a daily newspaper serving Toowoomba, the Lockyer Valley and Darling Downs regional areas in Queensland, Australia.
The newspaper is owned by News Corp Australia.[1]
The circulation of The Toowoomba Chronicle is 22,808 Monday to Friday and 30,270 on Saturday.[2]
The Toowoomba Chronicle website is part of News Corp Australia's News Regional Media network.[3]
History
The Darling Downs Gazette, founded at Drayton by Arthur Sidney Lyon, began publication in a wooden shanty on 10 June 1858. It moved to the burgeoning town of Toowoomba and merged with The Chronicle in 1922. The Chronicle, founded by Darius Hunt, began as a fourpenny weekly on 4 July 1861 in a coachbuilder's shop in James Street. On 4 February 1876, William Groom became sole proprietor, beginning nearly half a century of family control of a newspaper that he transformed into a powerful and persuasive political weapon.
Archibald Meston was one of the editors.[4]
In 1922 the Dunn family acquired the Gazette and the two newspapers were amalgamated as the Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. The combined newspaper was published first on 2 October 1922. On 20 October 1969 The Chronicle format was changed from broadsheet to tabloid. The Chronicle and the Downs Star merged on 1 October 1970 under a new company Toowoomba Newspapers Pty Ltd. The newspaper was relaunched as Toowoomba's Mail in September 2003.
In 1988, Australian Provincial Newspapers Ltd (APN) acquired a 50% share in Toowoomba Newspapers.[5]
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[6][7]
See also
References
- ^ Burrowes, Tim (29 December 2016) News Corp completes takeover of APN's regional newspapers, Mumbrella. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). Average Net Paid Sales for October–December 2008 (metro and larger regional titles)/January–June 2008 (other regional titles).
- ^ Samios, Zoe (14 March 2018) News Corp's regional Queensland publications move to premium digital subscription model, Mumbrella. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "MR. A. MESTON". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 12 March 1924. p. 6. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ The Toowoomba Chronicle. Accessed 13 March 2009.
- ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Trove. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
External links
- The Toowoomba Chronicle
- The Toowoomba Chronicle and Queensland Advertiser ((Qld. : 1861 - 1875) at Trove