The Bunbury Herald

The Bunbury Herald, also published as The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express, was a bi-weekly English language newspaper published in Bunbury, Western Australia. After a merger with South Western Times, it became the South Western Tribune. In 1997 a weekly newspaper named Bunbury Herald was established by Seven West Media.

The Bunbury Herald (1892-1919)
The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express (1919-1927)

Front page of the first issue of The Bunbury Herald, 1892
Type	Weekly newspaper
Founder(s)	Stephen J Cusack
Founded	1892
Ceased publication	1929
City	Bunbury
Country	Australia
ISSN	2200-4181
Media of Australia List of newspapers

History

The Bunbury Herald was first issued on 28 September 1892 as a weekly publication; it later moved to a tri-weekly format. The newspaper was founded and edited by Stephen J Cusack.^[1]

Cusack was proprietor of the newspaper until he sold it, due to his failing health, on 1 October 1899.^[2] Editorship was taken over by George William Keith.^[3]

The Bunbury Herald continued as The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express, which ran from 16 August 1919 to 20 December 1929. It was printed by Sidney Charles Merriott.^[4] In 1929 The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express merged with the South Western Times to become the South Western Tribune.^[4]

Availability

Issues of The Bunbury Herald (1892–1919) and The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express (1919–1929) have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program,^[5] a project of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia.

Hard copy and microfilm copies of The Bunbury Herald,^[6] The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express^[4] and Bunbury Herald^[7] are also available at the State Library of Western Australia.

See also

• List of newspapers in Australia
• List of newspapers in Western Australia