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The Casterton News is an English language newspaper published weekly in the town of Casterton, Victoria, Australia.

History edit

The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record^[1] was established in 1869. It later moved to Portland and was published as the Western Advertiser. In 1982, the Spectator-Observer Group bought it to again serve as the local paper for Casterton and in 1989 the name reverted to the Casterton News. The paper covers the areas rounding Casterton, Coleraine, Merino, Chetwynd, Portland, Hamilton, Heywood, Edenhope, Dartmoor and Mount Gambier.^[2] Alternative titles for the publication include: Casterton news and Western Shires Advertiser, and Casterton News, Western Shires Advertiser and the Merino and Sandford Record, Casterton News and Western Shires advertiser and the Aspley, Edenhope and Harrow Advertiser.^[3]

Digitization edit

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program^[4] of the National Library of Australia.^[5]

References edit

^ "Casterton News". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "Caserton News". Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "State Library of Victoria, The Casterton news, Western Shires advertiser and the Merino and Sandford record". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "Australian newspaper digitsation program". Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
^ "The Casterton News and the Merino and Sandford Record (Vic. : 1914 - 1918)". Retrieved 12 February 2015.