The Western Star and Roma Advertiser, later published as the Western Star, is one of the longest continuously published newspapers[1] in outback Queensland. It was published in Roma from 27 March 1875 to 1948,[2] before continuing as the Western Star from 1948 to the present day.
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| Language | English |
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| Country | Australia |
History
editThe Western Star and Roma Advertiser was published by Francis Kidner[3] as a weekly newspaper from 1875 to 28 September 1878, a bi-weekly from 1 October 1878 to 1939, and as a weekly from 1940 to 1948. As the Western Star, it was published as a weekly from 1948 to 22 April 1949, before becoming bi-weekly once more.
From 11 January 1952, the Western Star declared itself to be "the largest bi-weekly in Queensland".[4][5]
Along with many other regional Australian newspapers owned by NewsCorp, the newspaper ceased print editions in June 2020 and became an online-only publication from 26 June 2020.[6]
Digitisation
editThe paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (1984), Sworn to no master : a history of the provincial press in Queensland to 1930, Darling Downs Institute Press, ISBN 978-0-909306-60-1
- ^ "The western star and Roma advertiser". Catalogue. Trove. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "The western star and Roma advertiser". Catalogue. Trove. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "[No heading]". Western Star (Roma) (Toowoomba, Qld. : 1948 - 1954). Roma) (Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 11 January 1952. p. 1. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (1984), Sworn to no master : a history of the provincial press in Queensland to 1930, Darling Downs Institute Press, ISBN 978-0-909306-60-1
- ^ "Future is digital: News announces major changes". Gatton Star. 28 May 2020. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
Further reading
edit- Kirkpatrick, Rod; Queensland Country Press Association (2008), Purposely parochial : 100 years of the Country Press in Queensland (1st ed.), Queensland Country Press Association, ISBN 978-0-646-49194-3
- Brindley, Dot; Roma and District Family History Society (2010), The Western star, and Roma advertiser, 1880 : Stories of life in South-western Queensland, Roma and District Family History Society, retrieved 29 November 2013