Identity area
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Corporate body
Authorized form of name
The Maitland Mercury
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Description area
Dates of existence
1843 -
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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Maitland, New South Wales
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print publishing
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Entered from deposit description on 28 May 2013
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Sources
The Maitland Mercury website, http://www.maitlandmercury.com.au/about-us/