Western Champion (Parkes)
The Western Champion was a weekly English language newspaper published in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia.
History
The Western Champion began in 1893 and was published by M.J. Little. It ceased in 1934 and merged with the Champion Post to form the Parkes Post.[1] The paper consisted mainly of advertising and news columns once a month.
Digitisation
The various versions of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program[2] project hosted by the National Library of Australia.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "SLNSW Catalogue". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
- ^ "Trove Digitised Newspapers". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
External links
Bibliography
- Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995 / by Rod Kirkpatrick, Canberra City, A.C.T. : Infinite Harvest Publishing, 2000
- Looking good : the changing appearance of Australian newspapers / by Victor Isaacs, for the Australian Newspapers History Group, Middle Park, Qld. : Australian Newspaper History Group, 2007.
- Press timeline : Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011 / Compiled by Rod Kirkpatrick for the Australian Newspaper History Group
- Australian Newspaper History : A Bibliography / Compiled by Victor Isaacs, Rod Kirkpatrick and John Russell, Middle Park, Qld. : Australian Newspaper History Group, 2004.
- Newspapers in Australian libraries : a union list. 4th ed.