''The Cobram Courier'', also published as ''Yarroweyah, Strathmerton, Katamatite, Burramine & Berrigan News, ''is a weekly English language newspaper published in
Cobram
Cobram is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the ...
, Victoria, Australia.
History
''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.
The paper is published every Wednesday, and reports on news, community and sporting events from the townships of Cobram,
Barooga
Barooga is a border town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, located in the Berrigan Shire local government area. It is situated just north of the Murray River which forms the border with
Victoria. Barooga's population at the ...
,
Strathmerton
Strathmerton is a town in Victoria, Australia.
It is located in the Shire of Moira local government area on the Murray Valley Highway and Goulburn Valley Highway, about west of Cobram. At the , Strathmerton had a population of 1072.
History
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Tocumwal
Tocumwal ( ) is a town in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Berrigan Shire local government area, near the Victorian border. The town is situated on the banks of the Murray River, north of the city of Melbourne ...
,
Katamatite
Katamatite is a town in Victoria, Australia about 46 kilometres north east of Shepparton. At the , Katamatite had a population of 433.
Katamatite is located in the Murray Valley irrigation area. Township buildings were erected in 1877 and th ...
and surrounding districts.
It has a circulation of 2,606 within a population of 6,308 in the prime circulation area.
Digitalization
The paper has been digitalized as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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of the
National Library of Australia
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and is available online.
See also
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List of newspapers in Australia
This is a list of newspapers in Australia. For other older newspapers, see list of defunct newspapers of Australia.
National
In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965.
Daily newspap ...
References
External links
* {{Trove newspaper, 545, Cobram Courier, Vic. : 1888 - 1954
Newsprinters* McPherso
Newspapers* ''The Cobram Courier'
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Newspapers published in Victoria (Australia)
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Weekly newspapers published in Australia