Western Champion (Parkes)

The Western Champion was a weekly English language newspaper published in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia.

For the newspaper in Blackall and Barcaldine, Queensland, see The Western Champion (Queensland).
Western Champion, 7 January 1898

History

The town of Parkes had been served with many newspapers. The Western Champion began in 1893 and was published by M. J. Little.[1] The editor in the late 1890s was Gordon Tidy.

After 33 years as the proprietor, William Giles also acquired the Parkes Post by September 1932.[2] Working from their separate offices, the Champion would publish on a Friday, and the Post on the Tuesday. It ceased in 1934 and merged with the Champion Post to form the Parkes Post.[3] The paper consisted mainly of advertising and news columns once a month.

Today the newspaper operates as the Parkes Champion-Post.

Digitisation

The various versions of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program[4] project hosted by the National Library of Australia.[5]

See also

References
  1. "The inky way". The Forbes Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 11 July 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  2. "New company". Western Champion. New South Wales, Australia. 22 September 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 17 February 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "SLNSW Catalogue". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  4. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  5. "Trove Digitised Newspapers". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

Bibliography
  • Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995 / by Rod Kirkpatrick, Canberra City, A.C.T. : Infinite Harvest Publishing, 2000
  • Looking good : the changing appearance of Australian newspapers / by Victor Isaacs, for the Australian Newspapers History Group, Middle Park, Qld. : Australian Newspaper History Group, 2007.
  • Press timeline : Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011 / Compiled by Rod Kirkpatrick for the Australian Newspaper History Group
  • Australian Newspaper History : A Bibliography / Compiled by Victor Isaacs, Rod Kirkpatrick and John Russell, Middle Park, Qld. : Australian Newspaper History Group, 2004.
  • Newspapers in Australian libraries : a union list. 4th ed.
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