Identity area
Reference code
AU NBAC M34
Title
The Maitland Mercury and The Maitland Weekly Mercury microfilm deposit
Date(s)
- 1843 - 1901 (Creation)
Level of description
Deposit
Extent and medium
64 reels of microfilm (positive)
Context area
Name of creator
(1843 -)
Administrative history
The first edition of the Maitland Mercury was published on Saturday, 7 January 1843 as a weekly paper. From 1 January 1846 the Mercury was published twice weekly on Wednesday and Saturday. After 50 years of steady growth in 1894, the Mercury was published as an afternoon daily for 95 years until 5 June 1989 when the Mercury became a morning daily.
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Scope and content
This deposit consists of 59 reels of microfilm records for The Maitland Mercury 1843-1901; and 5 reels of microfilm records for The Maitland Weekly Mercury 1894-1900.
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Conditions governing access
Researchers must sign an access agreement
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
National Library of Australia's Trove includes this newspaper
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Entered from deposit description on 27 May 2013