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The Cobram Courier, also published as Yarroweyah, Strathmerton, Katamatite, Burramine & Berrigan News, is a weekly English language newspaper published in Cobram, Victoria, Australia.

Digital image of the Cobram Courier newspaper front page, 8 January 1914

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. [1]

The paper is published every Wednesday, and reports on news, community and sporting events from the townships of Cobram, Barooga, Strathmerton, Tocumwal, Katamatite and surrounding districts.

It has a circulation of 2,606 within a population of 6,308 in the prime circulation area. [2]

Digitalization

The paper has been digitalized as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia and is available online. [3] [4] [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2010). The bold type : a history of Victoria's country newspapers, 1840-2010. Ascot Vale, Victoria: The Victorian Country Press Association. p. 198. ISBN  9780977556229.
  2. ^ "The Victorian Country Press Association". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. ^ "The Cobram Courier". McPherson Media Group. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

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