Issue Details: First known date: 1999-... 1999- The Border Post (Albury, NSW) Fiction Index 1856-1885
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Founded in 1856, the Border Post was Albury's first newspaper. The range of verse, from doggerel to bush ballads to literary poetry, was a common art form in the mid 19th century. Some of the letters to the editor, as well as some election announcements and even advertisements were expressed in verse. Prose fiction was expensive and was thus limited. This is well reflected in the pages of the Border Post, which focussed on verse over prose in its offerings. The Border Post (Albury, NSW) Fiction Index 1856 - 1885 illustrates the wide range of poetry and short fiction offered to the readership, fiction drawn from British, American and Australian papers, magazines and books. The wide scope of the sources used by the Border Post demonstrates the scope of the editors. Far from being a small parochial paper, the Border Post was a major influence shaping the cultural and political development of North-Eastern Victoria and Southern New South Wales. - from author website

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    y separately published work icon Letao Publishing Letao , Albury : Letao , 1999- Z1036472 1999- website Website contains a list of print published works from this Albury based publisher as well as downloadable works in electronic format. Albury : Letao , 1999-
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    • Albury, Albury area, Riverina - Murray area, New South Wales,: Letao , 2001 .
      Extent: vii, 90p.p.
      ISBN: 1876940034
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