The Blue Mountains Times

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The first issue of The Blue Mountains Times appeared on Friday, 16 October 1931.[1]

History[edit]

The first issue of The Blue Mountains Times appeared on Friday, 16 October 1931. It circulated from Mount Victoria to Hazelbrook/Woodford and was printed and published at the office of Joseph Bennett & Son in Cascade Street, Katoomba, for Lorin Grant Christie. From August 1937 Ralph Bennett is listed as the proprietor. (Bennett says the paper was taken over by the management of The Katoomba Daily, Blue Mountains Newspapers Ltd., and soon closed.)[1]

Digitisation[edit]

The Blue Mountains Times has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[2][3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Blue Mountains Local Studies: Newspapers of The Blue Mountains". Blue Mountains Local Studies. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Newspaper and Magazine Titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

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