''The Camperdown Chronicle'' is the local
newspaper
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of the
Australian
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town of
Camperdown, Victoria
Camperdown () is a town in southwestern Victoria, Australia, west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Camperdown had a population of 3,369.
History
The Djargurd Wurrung people were the traditional Aboriginal people of the Ca ...
. The ''Chronicle'' was first printed on 1 October 1874 by proprietor and editor,
James Allen. Published three times a week it covers news from the
Western District of Victoria as well as
Geelong and
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
.
[Camperdown chronicle & Western District general advertiser 21 January 1875, p. 4]
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''World War I Victorian newspapers''from the State Library of Victoria
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Camperdown, Victoria
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