Peak Downs Telegram

The Peak Downs Telegram (later the Clermont Telegram) was a newspaper published in Clermont, Queensland, Australia.

History

Charles Hardie Buzacott, 1879

The Peak Downs Telegram was started by Charles Hardie Buzacott on 2 August 1864. Its last issue was on 18 December 1943.[1][2]

The Clermont Telegram commenced on 10 March 1950 and continued until 6 May 1981. It was purchased in 1980 by the Gibson family who owned the Central Queensland News published in Emerald.[3] [4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Peak Downs telegram, State Library of Queensland, 1864, retrieved 28 January 2014
  2. ↑ Senior, William (1960), Distributing the type : a story of the Peak Downs telegram in the old days, [196-?], retrieved 8 December 2014
  3. ↑ "About Us". Central Queensland News. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  4. ↑ State Library of Queensland (1950), Clermont telegram, State Library of Queensland, retrieved 28 January 2014
  5. ↑ Kirkpatrick, Rod, End of a newspaper era : the closure of the Clermont Telegram, Rod Kirkpatrick, retrieved 8 December 2014
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