Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1980s-2019 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
5 type one boxes and 157 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Area News has been published continuously since 1923.
Name of creator
Biographical history
The entity that became Australian Community Media (ACM) began its existence as The Land in 1911. In subsequent decades, The Land acquired various other community newspapers and the resulting media company was renamed Rural Press Limited in 1981.
On 6 December 2006 it was announced that Rural Press Limited and John Fairfax Holdings would merge to form a new company estimated in value at $12 billion. The merger with Fairfax was completed on 8 May 2007. Papers from Rural Press were published under the Fairfax Regional Media brand, which later became Australian Community Media. Fairfax Media merged with Nine Entertainment in 2018 and Nine sold ACM to Catalano and Thorney in 2019.
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Bound volumes of "The Area News" newspaper (1986-2019); 5 boxes of photographic prints from the 1980s and 1990s.
Accruals
System of arrangement
The photographs in this collections are loosly sorted into sport and other categories. The majority are unidentified.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
OPEN to public access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Items in this collection are protected by copyright. Contact the Reference Archivist for more information.