The Richmond River Express Examiner

The Richmond River Express Examiner was a weekly newspaper published in Casino, New South Wales, Australia. It has been previously published as The Richmond River Express, The Kyogle Examiner, The Rosolen Press , The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser and The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser.

Front cover of The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser on 6 January 1903.

History

The Richmond River Express and Tweed Advertiser was Casino's first newspaper and was first published on 23 December 1870 by Robert Gordon Balmer.[1] In 1904 the name was changed to The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser which was shortened to The Richmond River Express in 1929.[2] The Express was published as a daily from 1929 to 1955 when a fire destroyed the printing plant.[3] In 1978 the Express merged with The Kyogle Examiner and became The Richmond River Express Examiner.[4] The Examiner is currently published by The Northern Star.[5] The current editor is Susanna Freymark.

Digitisation

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

See also

References
  1. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 90.
  2. "The Richmond River express and Casino Kyogle advertiser". SLNSW catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  3. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 203.
  4. Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 204.
  5. "About us". The Northern Star. The Northern Star. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  6. "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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