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The Flinders News is a weekly newspaper published in

Rural Press, previously owned by Fairfax Media, but now an Australian media company trading as Australian Community Media
.

History

The Flinders News originated with the historical mergers of several struggling mid-northern newspapers in 1948, 1970, and 1977:[1]

Northern Review

The Northern Review was created in 1948 by the merger of:

  • Areas' Express (and Farmers Journal) (1877-1948)[2]
  • Agriculturist and Review (1881-1948)[3] - formerly known as Jamestown Review (1878-1881)
  • Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier (1917-1948)[4] - which itself was a 1917 merger of:
    • Laura Standard (and Beetaloo, Wirrabara, Melrose, Booleroo Centre and Yarrowie Advertiser) (1889-1917)
    • Crystal Brook Times (1910-1917)

Review-Times

The Review-Times was created in 1970 by the merger of:

  • Northern Review (1948-1970)
  • Times and Northern Advertiser (1919-1970)[5] - formerly known as Petersburg Times (1887-1919)[6]
  • Orroroo Enterprise, (1892-1970)[7] - a continuation of Terowie Enterprise (1884-1891),[8] which was formerly the British Australian Federal Standard and the North-Eastern Times (1884), and the North Eastern Times and Terowie News (1881-1882)

Review-Times-Record

The Review-Times-Record was created in 1977 by the merger of:

  • Review-Times (1970-1977) - during this time, an Adelaide version, called Review-Times: City edition (1972-1973), was also briefly published
  • Burra Record (1878-1977)[9][10] - formerly known as Northern Mail (1876-1877),[11] Burra News and Northern Mail (1877-1878),[12] and Record (1878).

In 1989, the title of the Review-Times-Record was changed to its current title, The Flinders News. It was part of the Fairfax Media group.[1]

Distribution

The Flinders News is distributed throughout the mid-north region of South Australia, northern Yorke Peninsula, the Far North, Port Pirie, and Port Augusta, and had a claimed readership of 24,000.[13] Like other Rural Press publications the newspaper is also available online.[14][15]

Awards

Recently, the Flinders News won an award at the nationwide Fairfax Regional Media Awards for best co-op as well as placing runner-up in best feature and sales team of the year.[citation needed]

Digitisation

Australian National Library carries images and text versions of the newspaper from 1911 to 1950, accessible using Trove
, the on-line newspaper retrieval service.

References

  1. ^ a b Laube, Anthony. "LibGuides: SA Newspapers: F-L". guides.slsa.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ The Areas' express : and farmers' journal. Booyoolee [S. Aust.] J.S.J. Pengelley and W.J. Trembath. 1877.
  3. ^ "Agriculturalist and Review". www.samemory.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier (SA : 1917 - 1948)". Trove. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. ^ "The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia (SA : 1919 - 1950)". Trove. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Petersburg Times (SA : 1887 - 1919)". Trove. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Orroroo Enterprise". www.samemory.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  8. ^ "The Terowie Enterprise (SA : 1884 - 1891)". Trove. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Burra Record". www.samemory.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Burra Record (SA : 1878 - 1954)". Trove. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Northern Mail". www.samemory.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  12. ^ The Burra news and northern mail. Kooringa [i.e. Burra], S. Aust. : Henry Pether and Frank Jarman. 1877.
  13. ^ "The Flinders News - Fairfax Media ACM Ad Centre". Fairfax Media ACM Ad Centre. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  14. ^ "FLINDERS NEWS eEdition - Login". eedition.fairfaxregional.com.au. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  15. ^ "Fairfax Rural and Regional eEdition Product List". eedition.fairfaxregional.com.au. Retrieved 27 February 2018.

External links

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