Cobram Courier

Summary

The Cobram Courier, also published as Yarroweyah, Strathmerton, Katamatite, Burramine & Berrigan News, is a weekly English language newspaper published in Cobram, Victoria, Australia.

Digital image of the Cobram Courier newspaper front page, 8 January 1914

History edit

The Cobram Courier was published from 12 September 1888 to 28 December 1995, by Victoria Heller & Marston, Cobram. From 1996, it has been published by Newsprinters, a subsidiary of McPherson Media Group.[1]

The paper is published every Wednesday, and reports on news, community and sporting events from the townships of Cobram, Barooga, Strathmerton, Tocumwal, Katamatite and surrounding districts.

It has a circulation of 2,606 within a population of 6,308 in the prime circulation area.[2]

Digitalization edit

The paper has been digitalized as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia and is available online.[3][4][5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2010). The bold type : a history of Victoria's country newspapers, 1840-2010. Ascot Vale, Victoria: The Victorian Country Press Association. p. 198. ISBN 9780977556229.
  2. ^ "The Victorian Country Press Association". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. ^ "The Cobram Courier". McPherson Media Group. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

External links edit

  • Cobram Courier (Vic. : 1888 - 1954) at Trove
  • Newsprinters
  • McPherson Newspapers
  • The Cobram Courier online