Albany Advertiser

Albany Advertiser
Front cover of the first issue of the Albany Advertiser
Front cover of the first issue of the Albany Advertiser
TypeBi-weekly
Owner(s)Seven West Media
Founder(s)Lancel Victor De Hamel, William Forster
Founded1888
CityAlbany, Western Australia (–2003)
Perth, Western Australia (2003–present)
CountryAustralia
Newspaper House, York Street, Albany

The Albany Advertiser, also published as the Australian Advertiser and the Albany Advertiser and Plantagenet and Denmark Post, is a biweekly English language newspaper published for Albany and the Great Southern region in Western Australia.

First published in 1888 as the Albany Advertiser, the paper is still in circulation.[1]: 591 [2][3][4] The paper is the oldest continuous-running non-metropolitan newspaper in Western Australia.[5]

The paper is printed twice weekly, on Tuesday and Thursday, and distributed to towns through the Great Southern region including Albany, Cranbrook, Mount Barker, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe, Katanning and Walpole.[3]

The office of the newspaper is called Newspaper House and is located in the main street York Street, Albany.

  1. ^ James Battye, ed. (1985). Cyclopedia of Western Australia. Vol. 1. Carlisle: Hesperian Press. ISBN 0-85905-073-4. Wikidata Q125967197.
  2. ^ James Battye, ed. (1912). "The Albany Advertiser". Cyclopedia of Western Australia. Vol. 1. Adelaide: Hussey and Gillingham. pp. 590–591. OCLC 758407223. Wikidata Q125962577.
  3. ^ a b "West Australian Regional Newspapers - Albany Advertiser". The West Australian. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  4. ^ Biggins, Leonie; Erickson, Rica; Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies; Australia. Department of Aboriginal Affairs; J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History; Dictionary of Western Australians. Aboriginal Volumes Committee; Western Australian College of Advanced Education. Department of Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies (1987), Index to Australian Advertiser (Albany), 8 June 1888 – 9 December 1892, The Dept. of Aboriginal & Intercultural Studies of the W.A.C.A.E, retrieved 15 August 2018
  5. ^ Josh Nyman (19 June 2013). "Celebrating 125 years – Albany Advertiser has a rich history". Yahoo 7. Retrieved 9 August 2015.