Wellington Times

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.

This article is about the New South Wales newspaper. For the newspaper published in Burnie, Tasmania from 1890, see The Advocate (Tasmania).

History

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

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

See also

References
  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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