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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
Frequency:
Varies. Semi-weekly (1878 - 28 September 1894) ; weekly (5 October 1894 - 1951)
Range:
Vol. 14 no. 1014 (Tuesday, 12 March 1878) - vol. 87 no. 5692 (Thursday, 3 May 1951)
Continues:
Kapunda Herald and Northern Intelligencer (1864-1878)
Mergers:
Merged with the Barossa News to become the Barossa & Light Herald
Note:
Some issues have title: The Port Wakefield, Balaklava, Hamley Bridge and Owen Times with which is incorporated Kapunda Herald (20 August, 17 September, 24 September 1909)
Note:
From 6 October 1916 to 21 December 1917, the last page had separate title: The Midlands Gazette
Has serialised
- Golden Gifts : An Australian Tale, single work novel
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Fifty Lashes : A Maori War Incident,
single work
short story
During the colonial wars in New Zealand, Charles Stanton, a British officer, falls in love with Kiora Selby, daughter of a Maori woman and a white settler. Stanton's courtship, however, is disrupted by the machinations of a fellow soldier, himself in love with Kiora, who manipulates Stanton into giving in to his weakness for alcohol.
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