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Issue Details: First known date: 1950... 1950 The Illawarra Daily Mercury
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First known date: 1950
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y separately published work icon The Illawarra Mercury 'The Illawarra Mercury and Southern Districts Advertiser 1855 Wollongong : Thomas Garrett , 1855-1950 Z935752 1855 newspaper (353 issues)

In 1855 Thomas Garrett (1830-1891), later a prominent politician, established The Illawarra Mercury at Wollongong, then a town of 800 people. There was no railway and communication with Sydney was mainly by sea. The Illawarra Mercury was produced on an Eagle hand-operated press and the initial circulation was 200 copies.

Source: Kirkpatrick, Rod, Country Conscience (pp. 21-22)

Between 1856 and 1862 the Illawarra Mercury published: Local Intelligence from the area, Court Reports, Sydney News, Colonial News, European News, Extracts and Sketches, Original Correspondence, Select and Original Poetry. In the issue published on January 7, 1856 the editor informed subscribers: 'we shall commence sending the Mercury to all places south of Wollongong ... [Dapto, Jamberoo, Kiama, Shoalhaven] ...thus furnishing them with Sydney news, and the state of the markets ... our columns will, for the future, contain an account of the Arrivals and Departures of the Sydney Shipping; also of the coasters inwards, laden with colonial produce, which, we believe will be of interest to many.'

y separately published work icon Illawarra Mercury 1955 Wollongong : Illawarra Newspaper Company , 1955- Z1629742 1955 newspaper (92 issues)
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Range:
New. ser. v. 1, no. 1 (Monday, Jan. 9, 1950) - Saturday, Nov. 12, 1955.
Continues:
The Illawarra Mercury (1855)
Continued by:
Illawarra Mercury (1955)
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