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The Armidale Express Founded 1856 Headquarters 115 Faulkner Street, Armidale NSW[1] Website armidaleexpress.com.au

The ***Armidale Express*** is a newspaper published in [Armidale](/source/Armidale%2C_New_South_Wales), a city in the [Northern Tablelands](/source/Northern_Tablelands), New South Wales.

Its frequency is weekly. The Express is read by approximately 5,000 readers in Armidale, [Uralla](/source/Uralla), [Guyra](/source/Guyra) and [Walcha](/source/Walcha%2C_New_South_Wales) areas.[2]

## History

It began publication as *The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser* from 1856 to 1929[3] and its frequency at the time was bi-weekly.[4] William Hipgrave and Walter Craigie established the newspaper and were the first editors, using the *Express* to promote their political views. They briefly sold the paper to Owen Gorman in 1858, but regained ownership in 1859. Editorials for the *Express* in the 1890s initially opposed moves towards [Federation](/source/Federation_of_Australia).[4]

In 1929, the title was changed to *The Armidale Express* in 1929 and it remains in publication under that masthead.[5] Its circulation increased from 2,673 in 1950 to 4,394 in 1970.[4] It has absorbed three other local newspapers since 1929: the *Armidale Chronicle* in 1929,[6] the *Uralla Times* in 1983,[7] and the *New Englander* in 1999.[8]

An arm, *The Armidale Express Extra*, was established in 1999 and won the top prize for journalism at the 2000 Country Press Association NSW Awards.[2]

## Digitisation

Some editions of *The Armidale Chronicle* and *The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser* have been digitised as part of the [Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program](/source/Australian_Newspapers_Digitisation_Program) of the [National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia).

## See also

- [List of newspapers in New South Wales](/source/List_of_newspapers_in_New_South_Wales)

- [List of newspapers in Australia](/source/List_of_newspapers_in_Australia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Contact Us"](http://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/contact/). the Armidale Express. Retrieved 28 December 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-AboutUs_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-AboutUs_2-1) ["About us - The Armidale Express"](http://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/about-us/). Retrieved 6 February 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Armidale express and New England general advertiser"](http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1157557~S2). *State Library of NSW Catalogue*. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-kirkpatrick_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-kirkpatrick_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-kirkpatrick_4-2) Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). *Country conscience: a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995*. Canberra, ACT.: Infinite Harvest Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0646402706](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0646402706).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["The Armidale Express"](http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1562843~S2). *Catalogue*. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["The Armidale Chronicle"](http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1170561~S2). *Catalogue*. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Uralla Times"](http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1162329~S2). *Catalogue*. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["New Englander"](http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1562734~S2). *Catalogue*. State Library of NSW. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

## External links

- [Armidale Express online](http://www.armidaleexpress.com.au/)

- [*The Armidale Chronicle* (NSW : 1894 - 1929)](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title983) at [Trove](/source/Trove)

- [*The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser* (NSW : 1856 - 1861; 1863 - 1889; 1891 - 1954)](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title985) at [Trove](/source/Trove)

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