| Newspaper Name : | Canberra Chronicle |
| About Us: | The Chronicle, Toowoomba is the product of the incorporation of two of Queensland’s oldest newspapers. The Darling Downs Gazette, founded at Drayton by Sydney Arthur Lyon, began publication in a wooden shanty on June 10, 1858. It began as a weekly, moved to the burgeoning town of Toowoomba until merging with The Chronicle in 1922. At that time the Gazette was a daily newspaper. The Chronicle, founded by Darius Hunt, began as a four penny weekly on July 4, 1861 in a coach builder’s shop in James St. It became a bi-weekly (Wednesday and Saturday) on its fifth birthday in 1866 but reverted to a weekly on October 8, 1870. On October 5, 1875 The Chronicle became a tri-weekly before reverting to a bi-weekly in December that year. On February 4, 1876, William Groom became sole proprietor, beginning nearly half a century of family control of a newspaper he transformed into a powerful and persuasive political weapon. In 1922 the Dunn family acquired the Gazette and the two newspapers were amalgamated as the Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. The combined newspaper was published first on October 2, 1922. On October 20, 1969 The Chronicle format was changed from broadsheet to tabloid. An opposition daily, the Darling Downs Star, began publication on July 11, 1955. The Chronicle and Downs Star interests merged on October 1, 1970 under a new company Toowoomba Newspapers Pty Ltd. The Downs Star continued as a daily until July 14, 1971, when it became a weekly. The newspaper was relaunched as Toowoomba’s Mail in September 2003. In 1988, Australian Provincial Newspapers Ltd (APN) acquired a 50% share in Toowoomba Newspapers. Today, The Chronicle publishes six days a week (Monday-Saturday). |
| Publication Day: | Tuesday |
Canberra Weekly
| Newspaper Name : | Canberra Weekly |
| About Us: | Those of us who call Canberra home know there’s more to this city than roundabouts, politicians and the big house on the hill. We’re a community with a heart and soul, and Canberra Weekly taps into this, every week, 50 editions a year. Our front covers feature Canberrans or people with strong links to the Capital Region. Our journalists write stories about local people, government, business, sport, issues and events. Our popular columnists write about topics of genuine interest to our readers: local and federal politics, wellbeing and fitness, gardening and life! |
| Publication Day: | Thursday |
Illawarra Mercury
| Newspaper Name : | Illawarra Mercury |
| About Us: | Illawarra Mercury has served the Illawarra region since 1855. The award winning Illawarra Mercury is the only paid daily newspaper in the region.
It is the premier print and digital news and advertising medium in the Illawarra. In a region with a population of over 400,000. The Illawarra Mercury is a vital information provider to the Illawarra both in print and online. It services a vibrant, technology driven community tackling the challenges of the 21st century. The University of Wollongong is forging an international reputation in information technology and other fields. This regional economy has been built on a foundation of steel manufacturing and heavy industry that continues in the region. All this in a beautiful location between bush clad mountains and the sea, beginning just 45 kilometres south of Sydney. With a primary circulation centred on the geographical region of the Illawarra, the secondary region covers a vast area encompassing the Southern Highlands of New South Wales as far south as Eden on the Victorian border. |
| Publication Day: | Monday to Saturday |