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{{Infobox newspaper |
{{Infobox newspaper
name = The Border Mail |
| name = The Border Mail
| logo = The Border Mail.jpg
image = [[File:FrontPageTheBorderMail.jpg|200px]] <br/> Front page of ''The Border Mail'' <br/> on 18 July 2008 |
| image = FrontPageTheBorderMail.jpg
type = [[Daily newspaper]] |
format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]] |
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|Tabloid]]
foundation = 24 October 1903 |
| foundation = 24 October 1903
owners = [[Australian Community Media]] |
| owners = [[Australian Community Media]]
headquarters =1 McKoy Street, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia |
| headquarters = 1 McKoy Street, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia
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website = {{url|bordermail.com.au}} |publisher=[[Australian Community Media]]|
| website = {{url|bordermail.com.au}}
editor=Xavier Mardling|
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| publisher = [[Australian Community Media]]
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circulation=Mon-Fri: 12,600<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.auditedmedia.org.au/ed/mobile/display/publication/498|title=ABC - Average Net Paid Print Sales - Mon-Fri|website=AMAA}}</ref><br/>Sat: 22,200<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.auditedmedia.org.au/ed/mobile/display/publication/518|title=ABC - Average Net Paid Print Sales - Sat|website=AMAA}}</ref>}}
| editor = Julie Coe
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'''''The Border Mail''''' is a daily newspaper and online news brand published in [[Albury-Wodonga]], Australia, serving the twin cities and the surrounding region. It was originally published as ''The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times'' and later as the ''Border Morning Mail'' before changing its title to ''The Border Mail''.
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| circulation = Mon-Fri: 7,440<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.auditedmedia.org.au/ed/mobile/display/publication/498|title=ABC – Average Net Paid Print Sales – Mon-Fri|website=AMAA}}</ref><br/>Sat: 14,700<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.auditedmedia.org.au/ed/mobile/display/publication/518|title=ABC – Average Net Paid Print Sales – Sat|website=AMAA}}</ref>
}}
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'''''The Border Mail''''' is a daily newspaper and online news brand published in [[Albury-Wodonga]], Australia, serving the twin cities and the surrounding region. It was originally published as ''The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times'' and later as the ''Border Morning Mail'' before changing its title to ''The Border Mail''.


==History==
==History==
The first edition was printed on 24 October 1903 under the title ''Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times'' by editor Hamilton Mott and his brother Decimus, and continued publishing under that title until 19 May 1920.<ref>{{cite web|title=Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1165342~S2|work=catalogue|publisher=State Library of NSW|accessdate=2013-10-25}}</ref> The paper was known as the ''Border Morning Mail'' from 20 May 1920 until 1 July 1988,<ref>{{cite web|title=Border Morning Mail|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1159234~S2|work=catalogue|publisher=State Library of NSW|accessdate=2013-10-25}}</ref> when it changed its title to ''The Border Mail''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Border Mail|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1562879~S2|work=catalogue|publisher=State Library of NSW|accessdate=2013-10-25}}</ref> Originally published in Dean Street, Albury, the newspaper operated from a number of Albury locations before a shift in 1999 to the former Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation headquarters in Wodonga. A six-days-a-week tabloid, the newspaper predominantly covers local issues in the wider region alongside national and international news. Its editorial and op-ed pieces tend to reflect the quiet rural conservatism of its readership. The newspaper has provided extensive coverage of some of the longest-running political debates in the region, notably the long running saga involving plans to remove the main level crossing from central Wodonga and the route for the [[Hume Freeway]] bypass of Albury. The newspaper's editor is Xavier Mardling. Former editors were Hamilton Mott, Clifton Mott, Rex Mitchell, ex-West Australian Newspapers editor-in-chief Bob Cronin, James Thomson, John McCluskey, Graham Storer, Cameron Thompson, Simon Dulhunty, Newcastle Herald editor Heath Harrison, Di Thomas and Niall Boyle.
The first edition was printed on 24 October 1903 under the title ''Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times'' by editor Hamilton Mott and his brother Decimus, and continued publishing under that title until 19 May 1920.<ref>{{cite web|title=Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1165342~S2|work=catalogue|publisher=State Library of NSW|access-date=2013-10-25}}</ref> The paper was known as the ''Border Morning Mail'' from 20 May 1920 until 1 July 1988,<ref>{{cite web|title=Border Morning Mail|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1159234~S2|work=catalogue|publisher=State Library of NSW|access-date=2013-10-25}}</ref> when it changed its title to ''The Border Mail''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Border Mail|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1562879~S2|work=catalogue|publisher=State Library of NSW|access-date=2013-10-25}}</ref> Originally published in Dean Street, Albury, the newspaper operated from a number of Albury locations before a shift in 1999 to the former Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation headquarters in Wodonga. A six-days-a-week tabloid, the newspaper predominantly covers local issues in the wider region alongside national and international news. Its editorial and op-ed pieces tend to reflect the quiet rural conservatism of its readership. The newspaper has provided extensive coverage of some of the longest-running political debates in the region, notably the long running saga involving plans to remove the main level crossing from central Wodonga and the route for the [[Hume Freeway]] bypass of Albury. The newspaper's editor is Julie Coe. Former editors were Hamilton Mott, Clifton Mott, Rex Mitchell, ex-West Australian Newspapers editor-in-chief Bob Cronin, James Thomson, John McCluskey, Graham Storer, Cameron Thompson, Simon Dulhunty, Newcastle Herald editor Heath Harrison, Di Thomas, Niall Boyle and Xavier Mardling.


==Acquisition ==
==Acquisition ==
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==Digitisation==
==Digitisation==
Parts of the paper has been digitised as part of the [[Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program]] project of the [[National Library of Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Newspaper and magazine titles|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/about|work=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Newspaper Digitisation Program|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref>
Parts of the paper has been digitised as part of the [[Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program]] project of the [[National Library of Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Newspaper and magazine titles|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/about|work=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Newspaper Digitisation Program|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=5 June 2013}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.bordermail.com.au Border Mail site] - carries a small amount of the paper's news and has a comprehensive history of the paper.
* [http://www.bordermail.com.au Border Mail site] – carries a small amount of the paper's news and has a comprehensive history of the paper.
* {{trove newspaper|445|The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times|Albury, NSW : 1903 - 1920}}
* {{trove newspaper|445|The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times|Albury, NSW : 1903 – 1920}}


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Latest revision as of 22:37, 6 May 2023

The Border Mail
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Australian Community Media
PublisherAustralian Community Media
EditorJulie Coe
Founded24 October 1903
Headquarters1 McKoy Street, Wodonga, Victoria, 3690, Australia
CirculationMon-Fri: 7,440[1]
Sat: 14,700[2]
Websitebordermail.com.au

The Border Mail is a daily newspaper and online news brand published in Albury-Wodonga, Australia, serving the twin cities and the surrounding region. It was originally published as The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times and later as the Border Morning Mail before changing its title to The Border Mail.

History[edit]

The first edition was printed on 24 October 1903 under the title Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times by editor Hamilton Mott and his brother Decimus, and continued publishing under that title until 19 May 1920.[3] The paper was known as the Border Morning Mail from 20 May 1920 until 1 July 1988,[4] when it changed its title to The Border Mail.[5] Originally published in Dean Street, Albury, the newspaper operated from a number of Albury locations before a shift in 1999 to the former Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation headquarters in Wodonga. A six-days-a-week tabloid, the newspaper predominantly covers local issues in the wider region alongside national and international news. Its editorial and op-ed pieces tend to reflect the quiet rural conservatism of its readership. The newspaper has provided extensive coverage of some of the longest-running political debates in the region, notably the long running saga involving plans to remove the main level crossing from central Wodonga and the route for the Hume Freeway bypass of Albury. The newspaper's editor is Julie Coe. Former editors were Hamilton Mott, Clifton Mott, Rex Mitchell, ex-West Australian Newspapers editor-in-chief Bob Cronin, James Thomson, John McCluskey, Graham Storer, Cameron Thompson, Simon Dulhunty, Newcastle Herald editor Heath Harrison, Di Thomas, Niall Boyle and Xavier Mardling.

Acquisition[edit]

On 4 May 2006, the Mott family announced that they would accept a $162 million deal from John Fairfax Holdings to purchase the newspaper and its stake in the associated printing company. The deal ended over a century of family ownership.

Publication history[edit]

Publication name Commenced publication Ceased publication
Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times 1903 1920
Border Morning Mail 1920 1988
Border Mail 1988 -

Digitisation[edit]

Parts of the paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[6][7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ABC – Average Net Paid Print Sales – Mon-Fri". AMAA.
  2. ^ "ABC – Average Net Paid Print Sales – Sat". AMAA.
  3. ^ "Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times". catalogue. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Border Morning Mail". catalogue. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Border Mail". catalogue. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.

External links[edit]

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