Front page ofThe Western Star and Roma Advertiser, 23 October 1875
The Western Star and Roma Advertiser, later published as theWestern Star, is one of the longest continuously published newspapers[1] in outbackQueensland. It was published inRoma from 27 March 1875 to 1948,[2] before continuing as theWestern Star from 1948 to the present day.
The Western Star and Roma Advertiser was published by Francis Kidner[3] as a weekly newspaper from 1875 to 28 September 1878, a bi-weekly from 1 October 1878 to 1939, and as a weekly from 1940 to 1948. As theWestern Star, it was published as a weekly from 1948 to 22 April 1949, before becoming bi-weekly once more.
From 11 January 1952, theWestern Star declared itself to be "the largest bi-weekly in Queensland".[4][5]
Along with many other regional Australian newspapers owned byNewsCorp, the newspaper ceased print editions in June 2020 and became an online-only publication from 26 June 2020.[6]
^Kirkpatrick, Rod (1984),Sworn to no master : a history of the provincial press in Queensland to 1930, Darling Downs Institute Press,ISBN978-0-909306-60-1
^"[No heading]".Western Star (Roma) (Toowoomba, Qld. : 1948 - 1954). Roma) (Toowoomba, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 11 January 1952. p. 1.Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved29 November 2013.
^Kirkpatrick, Rod (1984),Sworn to no master : a history of the provincial press in Queensland to 1930, Darling Downs Institute Press,ISBN978-0-909306-60-1
Kirkpatrick, Rod; Queensland Country Press Association (2008),Purposely parochial : 100 years of the Country Press in Queensland (1st ed.), Queensland Country Press Association,ISBN978-0-646-49194-3
