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Southern Argus


The Southern Argus is a newspaper published from 1866 in Port Elliot then Strathalbyn, South Australia from 1868 – current

The Southern Argus is one of the state's oldest country newspapers, privately owned by the Elliott and Jones families for 140 years. It was founded by Ebenezer Ward (1837–1917), as The Southern Argus and River Murray Advertiser in Port Elliot as a weekly newspaper, the first issue appearing on Saturday 17 March 1866. Its coverage (taken from the masthead of issue No.1) included the towns of Strathalbyn, Wellington, Milang, Langhorne's Creek, Woodchester, Mount Barker, Echunga, Macclesfield, Bull's Creek, Clarendon, Noarlunga, Willunga, Aldinga, Sellick's Hill, Myponga, Normanville, Yankalilla, Rapid Bay, Cape Jervis, Inman Valley, Bald Hills, Hindmarsh Valley, Encounter Bay, Victor Harbor, Port Elliot, Middleton, Currency Creek and Goolwa.


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