The ''Benalla Ensign'' is a weekly newspaper that has been published in
Benalla
Benalla
is a small city in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town sits on the Broken River (Victoria), Broken River, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. As of the , the population wa ...
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Victoria
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* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
,
Australia
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since 1868. It currently has a weekly circulation of 36,904 and provides mostly local news with a strong emphasis on the results of local sports teams and local classified ads.
[Margarets Gee's Australian media guide 97th edition July 2011, published in Melbourne by Crown Content in 2011p 78.]
History
The ''Benalla Ensign'' first began publication as the ''Benalla Ensign and Farmer's and Squatter's Journal'' in 1868. The original proprietor was John Liston. This was superseded by the ''North Eastern Ensign'' in April 1872 and was published under this title until February 1938 when it returned to the original name.
[''The Bold Type'' : a history of Victoria's country by Rod Kirkpatick published in Ascot Vale in 2001 for the Victorian Country Press Association] The owners from 1887 to 1977 were the O'Shea family, who then sold the newspaper to Geoff Adams. In July 1986 the current owners McPherson Media Group bought it.
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See also
*List of newspapers in Australia
This is a list of newspapers in Australia. ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is the most-read newspaper in Australia, with over eight million readers as of 2021.
Top 10 newspapers by circulation
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References
External links
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''World War I Victorian newspapers''
from the State Library of Victoria
Newspapers published in Victoria (state)
Newspapers on Trove
Weekly newspapers published in Australia