
The ''Narrandera Argus'', previously published as ''The Narandera Argus'' ''and Riverina Advertiser,'' is a weekly English language compact format newspaper published in
Narandera, New South Wales (now officially "Narrandera").
History
First published in 1880, ''The Narrandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser'' was published until 1953 when it changed its title to ''Narrandera Argus'', which is still in publication.
It was published by
James Ashton from 1892 and later by Donald M'Neil Turner.
A rival newspaper, the ''
Narrandera Ensign
Narrandera ( ) until around 1949 also spelled "Narandera", is a town located in the Riverina region of southern New South Wales, Australia. The town lies on the junction of the Newell and Sturt highways, adjacent to the Murrumbidgee River, an ...
'', was established in 1886. This paper promoted protectionism while the ''Argus'' promoted free trade.
The paper currently has a circulation of 2,000 across Narrandera,
Leeton,
Yanco
Yanco is a village with a population of 505 in Leeton Shire in south western New South Wales, Australia. Yanco is a Wiradjuri aboriginal language word meaning ''the sound of running water''. Yanco is located from Leeton along Irrigation Way. ...
,
Griffith
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People
* Griffith (name)
* Griffith (surname)
* Griffith (given name)
Places Antarctica
* Mount Griffith, Ross Dependency
* Griffith Peak (Antarctica), Marie Byrd Land
* Griffith Glacier, Marie Byrd Land
* Griffith Rid ...
,
Coolamon,
Ganmain
Ganmain is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Ganmain is located around north west of Wagga Wagga, and east of Narrandera. Ganmain is in the Coolamon Shire local government area and had a population at the 2016 censu ...
,
Matong
Matong is a town in the central east part of the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is east of Narrandera and west of Coolamon. At the 2016 census, Matong had a population of 164 people.
Sport
The most popular sport in ...
and
Grong Grong.
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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project of the
National Library of Australia
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.
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 newspape ...
*
List of newspapers in New South Wales
This is a list of newspapers in New South Wales in Australia.
List of newspapers in New South Wales (A)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (B)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (C)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (D)
Li ...
References
External links
Official website*
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Newspapers published in New South Wales
Newspapers on Trove
Weekly newspapers published in Australia
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