The Don Dorrigo Gazette, previously published as the Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate, was a weekly English language newspaper published in Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia.[1]
History
editThe newspaper was established as the Don Dorrigo and Guy Fawkes Advocate on 8 January 1910[1] by brothers Roy and Reginald Vincent.[2]
In July 2023, the Gazette's owners, Michael and Jade English, announced the closure of the paper. Financial costs, health reasons and increased competition from social media were cited as contributing factors in the paper's demise.[3]
Production
editThe paper was printed on a Heidelberg Zylinder Automat press and was the last known newspaper in Australia to be produced by a hot-metal typesetting.[2] Its editors as of 2015 were Michael and Jade English who in around 2006, took over from Michael's father John who had been working for the newspaper since 1961.[2][4]
Since 2006, circulation had dropped from 1,000 copies per week to a low around 300. As of early 2023, circulation was approximately 500 copies per week.[3]
Quotes
editArticles from the Gazette have been quoted in other regional newspapers:
Digitisation
editThe paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Don Dorrigo Gazette". State Library of New South Wales Catalogue. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ a b c Huxley, John (1 March 2010). "News fit to print - hot-metal typesetting paper turns 100". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2015."The "Don Dorrigo Gazette."".
- ^ a b Parmeter, Nick; Poole, Fiona (4 July 2023). "Australia's last letterpress newspaper prints its final edition as costs, social media take a toll". ABC News. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Newspaper Titles". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program | National Library of Australia". www.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.