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The Miners Advocate and Northumberland Recorder

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Miners Advocate and Northumberland Recorder
Masthead from 27 Dec 1873
TypeBroadsheet
Founder(s)John Miller Sweet
Founded13 December 1873
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication3 April 1876
HeadquartersWallsend, New South Wales
Free online archiveshttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title355
National Library of Australia

The Miners Advocate and Northumberland Recorder was a bi-weekly English language newspaper published in Newcastle, New South Wales.

History

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The newspaper was first published in 1873 by founder John Miller Sweet. It was one of two newspapers published in the area, The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News being the other.[1]

The paper ceased publication in 1876, with the commencement of The Newcastle Herald (originally published as the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate).[2]

Archives

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The newspaper is available on microfilm at the State Library of New South Wales.[3] On 11 Feb 2014, the National Library of Australia, under its Newspaper Digitisation Program, began adding issues to its digital collection.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About Us | Newcastle Herald". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ^ Miners' advocate and Northumberland recorder, John Miller Sweet, 1873
  3. ^ "Miners' advocate and Northumberland recorder [microform]". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 11 April 2013.