The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate, Friday 25 May 1906

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate, also published as Gosford Times and Gosford & Wollombi Express and the Times-Herald, was a weekly English language newspaper published in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.[1]

History

The newspaper was founded by publisher Alfred Higgs in 1883 with the title Gosford Times and Gosford & Wollombi Express. In May 1906 the newspaper changed its title to The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate which it remained until 25 September 1961 when it changed its title to Times-Herald.[2] In May 1938 the paper absorbed the Gosford title Man on the Land. [3] The paper was bought by the Henderson family in November 1962 who absorbed it in their paper Central Coast Express in December 1962.[4]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[5][6]

Availability

As at June 2016, the digitisation of The Gosford Times covers the years 1905 to 1954 in which copies of the newspaper are known to have survived. In addition, microfilm copies are available for the period from July 1897 to December 1904, and the years 1955 to 1962. There is also a microfilm reel with a few miscellaneous issues of The Gosford Times and Wyong Advocate.

The table below shows the availability of The Gosford Times. During the period of its existence, there were two other newspapers from the Central Coast (New South Wales) for which copies survived, albeit in patches. Microfilm reels exist for The Guardian and The Wyong and Lakes District Advocate. Tables indicating the availability of issues from those papers are included here.

Gosford Times

The Gosford Times - Number of Available Issues
Year In Decade: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Decade Best Source J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D Total
1880s Microfilm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1890s Trove-1895 1897-Microfilm 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 25 27 26 26 134
1900s Microfilm-1904 1905-Trove 26 25 26 26 26 25 26 26 26 27 26 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 415
1910s Trove 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 26 0 25 26 25 26 25 26 26 256
1920s Trove 23 26 26 25 26 25 23 25 26 26 23 26 22 25 23 22 23 25 13 1 454
1930s Trove 26 20 22 25 1 24 26 24 36 25 24 25 0 22 0 27 31 51 51 47 507
1940s Trove 47 50 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 51 52 207
1950s Trove-1954 1955-Microfilm 52 51 51 52 51 53 52 52 51 52 51 53 52 52 50 52 51 52 52 51 1033
1960s Microfilm 51 52 52 65 76 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 364
Notes
  • Numbers in the squares indicate the number of available issues in a six-month period. J-J = January to June; J-D = July to December.
  • Blue shaded squares indicate availability on microfilm reels.
  • Green shaded squares indicate availability on Trove as well as on microfilm reels, as at June 2016.
  • "RAV 24" is the usual reference to use when requesting the retrieval of The Gosford Times microfilm reels at the State Library of New South Wales.
  • Use "RAV 178" (Reel #1) to see the issues dated 2 Sep 1887, 13 Jun 1890, 5 Sep 1929 (two pages only survive) and 16 Jun 1932.
  • The Gosford Times began as a weekly newspaper. Publication switched to twice-weekly for a brief period in 1934, and for an extended period from 1938 to 1961. From 25 Sep 1961 publication changed to three issues per week. The last issue published prior to the paper being absorbed was that of 5 Dec 1962.
  • Two issues from the period July 1897 to December 1904 are available on Trove, namely 15 December 1899 and 27 July 1900.
  • The number of available issues for the years 1955 and 1956 is approximate, pending validation.

The Guardian (The Entrance, Wyong Shire)

The Guardian - Number of Available Issues
Year In Decade: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Decade Best Source J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D Total
1930s Microfilm 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 24 5 17 0 1 1 1 24 25 22 25 0 1 162
1940s Microfilm 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 27 0 0 103
1950s Microfilm 0 7 26 0 8 20 24 23 13 0 0 5 26 0 4 22 0 12 7 0 197
Notes
  • Numbers in the squares indicate the number of available issues in a six-month period. J-J = January to June; J-D = July to December.
  • Blue shaded squares indicate availability on microfilm reels.
  • As at June 2016, The Guardian (Wyong) was not available on Trove.
  • "RAV 63" is the reference to use when requesting the retrieval of The Guardian (Wyong) microfilm reels at the State Library of New South Wales.
  • There are two reels: 1933-1948 (miscellaneous) and 1950-1959 (miscellaneous).
  • The Guardian was a weekly newspaper published in The Entrance, in what was Wyong Shire, and is now known as the NSW Central Coast.

Wyong and Lakes District Advocate

The Wyong and Lakes District Advocate - Number of Available Issues
Year In Decade: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Decade Best Source J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D J-J J-D Total
1920s Microfilm 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1930s Microfilm 0 0 0 0 22 13 0 0 0 0 26 25 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 90
1940s Microfilm 0 2 26 18 0 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 22 26 17 187
1950s Microfilm 0 0 7 0 0 8 6 26 7 0 0 0 26 26 26 25 25 27 25 27 261
1960s Microfilm 26 25 23 23 22 23 26 24 25 27 26 25 25 26 26 26 26 27 0 0 451
Notes
  • Numbers in the squares indicate the number of available issues in a six-month period. J-J = January to June; J-D = July to December.
  • Blue shaded squares indicate availability on microfilm reels.
  • As at June 2016, The Wyong and Lakes District Advocate was not available on Trove.
  • "RAV 178" is the reference to use when requesting the retrieval of The Wyong and Lakes District Advocate microfilm reels at the State Library of New South Wales.
  • There are at least thirteen reels: #1 Miscellaneous Wyong Papers; #2 1932-1948 (miscellaneous); #3 1949-1958 (miscellaneous); reels #4 to #13 cover the period June 1956 - December 1968 with but a few missing issues.
  • Reel #1 contains the one or two issues that survive from 1922, 1937, 1938, 1939 and four issues from 1935, November 21 to December 19.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate (NSW : 1906 - 1954)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Gosford times and Wyong district advocate". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Man on the Land (NSW: 1936 - 1938)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
  4. ↑ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience. Infinite Harvest Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 0646402706.
  5. ↑ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
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