The Evening News (Rockhampton)

The Evening News was a newspaper published in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

For other uses, see Northern Argus (disambiguation).

History

This newspaper commenced on 3 January 1863 as the Northern Argus.[1] It was published three times a week by Arthur Leslie Bourcicault.[2] The editor was William Herbert Robison.[3]

From 1 January 1875, it was published as the Daily Northern Argus.[1] It was published daily by Arthur Leslie Bourcicault.[4] The editor was Francis Hodgson Nixon.[3]

From 2 January 1897, it was merged with the Record and was published as the Daily Record.[4][1]

From 31 July 1922, it was published as The Evening News. The publisher was Walter Sewell Buzacott. The last issue was on 31 July 1941.[1][5]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[6][7]

References
  1. Daily record, Rockhampton Newspaper Company, 1897, retrieved 23 January 2014
  2. Northern argus, Arthur L. Bourcicault, 1800, retrieved 23 January 2014
  3. "Arthur Leslie Bourcicault". AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  4. The Daily northern argus, Arthur Leslie Bourcicault, 1875, retrieved 23 January 2014
  5. The Evening news, Walter Sewell Buzacott, 1922, retrieved 23 January 2014
  6. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  7. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Trove. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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