The Bunbury Herald
Former newspaper in Western Australia
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The Bunbury Herald, also published as The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express, was a bi-weekly English language newspaper published in Bunbury, Western Australia. After a merger with South Western Times, it became the South Western Tribune. In 1997 a weekly newspaper named Bunbury Herald was established by Seven West Media.
Front page of the first issue of The Bunbury Herald, 1892 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder | Stephen J Cusack |
| Founded | 1892 |
Ceased publication | 1929 |
| City | Bunbury |
| Country | Australia |
| ISSN | 2200-4181 |
History
The Bunbury Herald was first issued on 28 September 1892 as a weekly publication; it later moved to a tri-weekly format. The newspaper was founded and edited by Stephen J Cusack.[1]
Cusack was proprietor of the newspaper until he sold it, due to his failing health, on 1 October 1899.[2] Editorship was taken over by George William Keith.[3]
The Bunbury Herald continued as The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express, which ran from 16 August 1919 to 20 December 1929. It was printed by Sidney Charles Merriott.[4] In 1929 The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express merged with the South Western Times to become the South Western Tribune.[4]
Availability
Issues of The Bunbury Herald (1892–1919) and The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express (1919–1929) have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program,[5] a project of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia.
Hard copy and microfilm copies of The Bunbury Herald,[6] The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express[4] and Bunbury Herald[7] are also available at the State Library of Western Australia.