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NOTE: Information from this sandbox has been merged into The Daily Examiner, the modern name for this newspaper

Clarence & Richmond Examiner title page 26 July 1859

The Clarence and Richmond Examiner is a daily English language newspaper published in Grafton, New South Wales, Australia.

History

Currently called Daily Examiner it was first launched in 1859 by William Edward Vincent. The Clarence and Richmond Examiner was published from 1889 - 1915. Grafton generally had three or more newspapers from 1874 into the new century when the tri-weekly Clarence and Richmond Examiner was converted into a daily on July 1 1915, "to keep public issues constantly before the minds of the people". The Daily Examiner in 2004 celebrated 145 years of continuous publication, making it one of the oldest regional daily newspapers in Australia.

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program (ANDP) http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp/selected_newspapers/" project of the National Library of Australia.

See also

• List of Newspapers in Australia

External links

• Official website
• National Library of Australia
  • http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/104
  • http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/64
  • http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/title/65
• http://www.clarencehistory.org.au/timeline.html
• http://www.clarence.nsw.gov.au/cp_content/resources/1205210_Attachment_B.pdf

Category:1859 establishments in Australia