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The Riverine Herald is a tri-weekly newspaper based in Echuca in Victoria's Goulburn Valley, servicing the Echuca-Moama area. The paper is owned by McPherson Media Group.

Origins

Riverine Herald sign across building between two taller buildings
Riverine Herald sign on building in Hare St, Echuca

The newspaper was founded at

Bendigo Advertiser
.

Haverfield was a drover, grazier, gold miner, explorer and journalist. He was born on 26 February 1819 at

Albury to Melbourne, working an alluvial claim near Bendigo
, and started the Bendigo Advertiser with A.M. Lloyd (which he later sold to Mackay).

It became a daily on 1 July 1878, and continued until 31 March 1956, before reverting to a tri-weekly issue. In 1880 it was one of only two daily provincial newspapers circulated in New South Wales.[1]

In 1995 the Riverine Herald first provided local call Internet access to its community.

Note/Correction: Local Call internet access was provided to the community by The Riverine Herald's parent company, the McPherson Media Group by their Internet Service Provider, McPherson Media. That particular arm of the group is to try and demonstrate media and news on all platforms, print, web and mobile. More info can be found at http://www.mcmedia.com.au.

Staff

In the same year as founding Riverine Herald as Echuca's first newspaper, Robert Ross married Marianna Collier.

Newspaper proprietor and politician, Angus Mackay was born on 26 January 1824 in

headmaster in Sydney
prior to buying Haverfield's share in the Bendigo Advertiser and later helping to start The Riverine Herald.

Journalist and short story writer William Astley (1854–1911) had work published by the Herald.

Editorial campaigns

The Riverine Herald has championed many causes throughout its history. These included calls for the de-snagging the Murray River so that it would be navigable, and the construction of weirs on it to assist irrigation which has made this one of Australia's major food bowl regions. The paper has also pushed for more environmental awareness with its "Minding the Murray" campaign and more recently played a pivotal role in Echuca Regional Health securing funding for a new Echuca Hospital.

Archives

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the

Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[2][3]

References

Mackay, G., The History of Bendigo, Melbourne, 1891.

  1. ISBN 0646402706
    .
  2. ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2013.

External links

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