Wellington Times

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The Wellington Times is a newspaper published in Wellington, New South Wales, Australia since 1889. The Wellington Times has also been published as The Wellington Times and Australian Industrial Liberator.

History[edit]

The Wellington Times and Australian Industrial Liberator was first published on 23 May 1889 by Michael Conlan O'Halloran to support the labour movement.[1] In 1899 the name was shortened to the Wellington Times.[2] In 1927 the Wellington Times absorbed The Wellington Gazette.[3]

In 1972 the Wellington Star was established as a competitor to the Times by Colin Lord. However the Star was incorporated into the Times in 1973 when the latter was purchased by Lord.[4] The Times was purchased by Macquarie Publications in 1984 from Lord and is today published by Fairfax Regional Media.[5][6]

Digitisation[edit]

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[7][8]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kirkpatrick (2000), p. 125.
  2. ^ "Wellington times". SLNSW catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  3. ^ Kirkpatrick (2000), p. 191.
  4. ^ Kirkpatrick (2000), p. 313.
  5. ^ Kirkpatrick (2000), p. 305.
  6. ^ "Wellington Times". Fairfax Regional Media. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  8. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. ISBN 9780646402703.

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