The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press

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Front page of The Scrutineer, 12 January 1892

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press was a newspaper published in Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia from 1874 until 1949. It was also published as The Scrutineer and West Camden Advocate and The Scrutineer.

History[edit]

The Scrutineer and West Camden Advocate was first published on 9 April 1874 by William Joseph McCourt.[1] McCourt sold the newspaper in 1886 for £300.[2][3]

In 1891 the newspaper shortened its name to The Scrutineer and lengthened it again in 1892 to The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press.[4]

The Scrutineer was published by Ada Jane Hewison from 1913 until it ceased publishing in 1949.[5]

Digitisation[edit]

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[6][7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Scrutineer and West Camden advocate". SLNSW Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ^ "McCourt, William Joseph (1851–1913)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  3. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 89.
  4. ^ "The Scrutineer". SLNSW Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  5. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press 1841-1995. Canberra: Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 236.
  6. ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

External links[edit]

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