The Northern Champion

The Northern Champion was a bi-weekly newspaper published in Taree, New South Wales, Australia from 1912 until 1961.

Front cover of The Northern Champion on 22 February 1913.

History

The Northern Champion was first published on 2 February 1912 by David A. Cowan.[1] Mary Lucy Cowan (1872-1950) became proprietor and manager of the Northern Champion after the death of her brother David Cowan in 1922.[2] In 1961 the Northern Champion was absorbed into the Manning River Times.[3]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "The Bega Budget (NSW : 1905 - 1920) - 30 Sep 1905 - p1". The Northern Champion. 1 (1): 1. 2 February 1912. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 239.
  3. "Manning River Times". SLNSW Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  5. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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