The Northern Argus


The Northern Argus, first published on 19 February 1869, is a newspaper printed in Clare, South Australia. It is now a member of Fairfax Media.

History

The Northern Argus newspaper was founded by Alfred Clode and his brother-in-law Henry Hammond Tilbrook. The first issue was greeted with polite silence by other newspapers, most saying nothing more than it was "the same size as the Wallaroo Times". The Kapunda Herald observed that it had been produced under difficulties, and would refrain from criticism.
In 1870 Henry's brother Alfred Tilbrook was taken on and Clode left the partnership to found an English-language newspaper in Japan. Robert Kelly succeeded Clode as editor, to be followed by Robert's father William Kelly when Robert left to become a minister of religion. William Kelly served as editor for 13 years, followed by Alfred Tilbrook. Henry retired in 1889; the partners then becoming his son Reginald Henry Tilbrook and Alfred Tilbrook. Ownership and management of the business passed to Reginald's three sons: Eric Hammond Hanley Tilbrook, Maurice Henry Tilbrook, and Godfrey Vincent Tilbrook.
The Blyth Agriculturist was begun as an offshoot of the Northern Argus newspaper and ran until 1969, covering news for Blyth and nearby regions.

Distribution

Like other Fairfax Media publications, the newspaper is also available online.

Digitisation

Issues from of 19 February 1869 to of 22 December 1954 have been OCR digitised from photographic copies by the National Library of Australia and may be retrieved using Trove.