The story of hard-bitten local newspaper identities and their publications has been told in a recent article published in British academic journal Media History. Local author and historian Ian Willis details the travails of local reporters, printers, owners, and others who made the news across the region for over 140 years.
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Local Newspapers and a Regional Setting in New South Wales
UOW historian Dr Ian Willis has recently published an article in Media History (UK) about the role of local newspapers in the creation of Macarthur regional identity and the mythology surrounding New South Wales colonial identity John Macarthur.
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Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter Extracts by Ian Willis
Extracts from the Australian Newspaper History Group by Ian Willis about Macarthur region local newspapers in New South Wales
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The Illawarra Mercury, a short history
A short history The Illawarra Mercury a major provincial daily newspaper
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A local newspaper view of the world in an international context
Provincial newspapers were an archive of local events and set them in the context of the international nature of the First World War
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The local ‘rag’, the future of local newspapers
What the is the future of the local newspaper in the disruptive digital age?
