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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