y separately published work icon Border Watch newspaper  
Alternative title: Border Watch and South-Eastern District Advocate; The Border Watch
Issue Details: First known date: 1861... 1861 Border Watch
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Following the death of her husband, the Rev. Alexander Laurie in 1854, Janet Laurie and her sons Andrew and James moved from Portland (where Alexander Laurie had founded the Portland Herald) to Mount Gambier. It was here, in 1861 that Janet Laurie founded the Border Watch, taking the paper's name from her Scottish birthplace. According the SA Memory website, the newspaper is South Australia's oldest country newspaper and the first in the state to be run by a woman.

John Watson, a friend of Adam Lindsay Gordon (q.v.), joined the paper two years after its establishment. Some of Gordon's poems, including 'The Feud' in 1864, were published in the Border Watch's pages.

'In 1932 a plant for producing photographic blocks was purchased, making the Border Watch one of the earliest country newspapers to include photographs in its pages... In 1978 printing was changed to the web offset process. Today [2012] it is South Australia's largest country newspaper with a circulation of 7,500.'

Source: SA Memory website, http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/
Sighted: 24/01/2013

Notes

  • For further information, see the Border Watch's website: http://www.borderwatch.com.au/

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1861
    • Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier area, South East South Australia, South Australia,: Andrew Frederick Laurie , 1861- .
      Link: U24215Web resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service.
      Note/s:
      • Digitised issues available for the period 26 April 1861 to 30 December 1954. (Correct as of 7 August 2013.)

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Twice weekly (from May 1866) ; tri-weekly (from 1926) ; four times per week (from 2 November 1981)
Range:
26 Apr 1861-
Continues:
Mount Gambier Standard and South Eastern Star
Size:
66cm.
Note:
Title varies slightly:
  • Border Watch (1861 - 20 June 1862)
  • Border Watch and South-Eastern District Advocate (27 June 1862 - 6 May 1874)
  • The Border Watch (10 May 1874- )
Last amended 7 Aug 2013 15:04:30
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