The ''Gnowangerup Star'', also published as the ''Gnowangerup Star and Tambellup Ongerup Gazette'', was a weekly English language newspaper published in
Gnowangerup, Western Australia
Gnowangerup is a town located south-east of Katanning in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
Etymology
Gnowangerup is named as the place of the mallee fowl in the Aboriginal Noongar language, being derived from nearby Gnowanger ...
.
History
The ''Gnowangerup Star and Tambellup Ongerup Gazette'' was established in 1915 by Augustine Walker,
with the first issue published on Saturday 28 August 1915. The name was changed in 1942 when it became the ''Gnowangerup Star.''
The newspaper was continued by Augustine's son, Issac Walker.
He was assisted by his wife, Margaret, and their two sons, Bill and Roderick. Margaret Walker was the editor, photographer and reporter. She took over the running of the newspaper after Issac had a stroke in 1986.
At that time, the newspaper had a circulation of 1000 within the shires of Gnowangerup and
Jerramungup in the southern Wheatbelt.
It was one of Western Australia's oldest family owned newspapers and was still set on
linotypes up until its closure in 2003.
The closure was caused by a number of factors, including insufficient finance to expand the business, declining local populations and the overhead costs.
Availability
Issues of the ''Gnowangerup Star and Tambellup Ongerup Gazette'' have been digitised as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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State Library of Western Australia
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.
Microfilm and hard copies of the ''Gnowangerup Star and Tambellup Ongerup Gazette'' and the ''Gnowangerup Star''
are also available at the State Library of Western Australia.
See also
* ''
Gnowangerup Times''
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List of newspapers in Australia
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List of newspapers in Western Australia
References
External links
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Defunct newspapers of the Great Southern region of Western Australia
1915 establishments in Australia
2003 disestablishments in Australia
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Newspapers established in 1915
Newspapers disestablished in 2003