Manning River Times

The Manning River Times,^[1] also published as The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales,^[2][3] is a weekly newspaper published in Taree, New South Wales, Australia.

Manning River Times

Front page of The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales, 1 January 1898
Type	Weekly newspaper
Publisher	Australian Community Media
Founded	1952
Language	English
City	Taree, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Website	Official website
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History

The Manning River Times is currently published in Taree, New South Wales, by Australian Community Media.^[1] The newspaper is titled after the Manning River which is a prominent river system near the town of Taree. The Manning River Times started publication in 1952 and is still published currently.^[3] Previously to 1952 the newspaper was published as The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales.^[3] It was first published by William Burnham Boyce (1869-1968)^[2] in 1896.

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales was published twice a week on Wednesday and Saturday up until 1954.^[4] In 1954 under the title Manning River Times it expanded publication to 3 times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.^[4] However the Manning River Times was published twice a week on Wednesday and Friday.^[1] In February 2025, Australian Community Media reduced the printed edition to weekly.^[5]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.^[6][7]