The Recorder (Port Pirie)

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'''''The Recorder''''' is a newspaper published in Port Pirie, South Australia since 1885. Formed by an amalgamation in 1898, it was also previously known as ''Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail'' between 1898 and 1918, and as ''The Recorder'' from 1919. It was later sold to Rural Press, previously owned by Fairfax Media, but now an Australian media company trading as Australian Community Media.

''The Recorder'' is published once a week, Thursday, and is part of the Australian Community Media (ACN) network. Like other ACN publications, the newspaper is also available online.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fairfax Rural and Regional eEdition Product List |url=https://eedition.fairfaxregional.com.au/ProductList.aspx |access-date=2018-02-27 |website=eedition.fairfaxregional.com.au}}</ref>

==History== The town, later city, of Port Pirie had two newspapers, '''''The Port Pirie Advocate and Areas News''''', published weekly from 21 March 1885,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77061238 |title=The Border Watch |newspaper=The Border Watch |volume=XXII |issue=2230 |location=South Australia |date=25 March 1885 |access-date=13 April 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} The ''Border Watch'' reports the publisher as "Walter B. South, late of Mount Gambier".</ref> (later simplified to '''''The Port Pirie Advocate''''' (1895-1898)), and '''''The Port Pirie Standard'' ''and Barrier Advertiser''''', published weekly from 4 January 1889.<ref>{{cite web |title=Port Pirie Standard, issue 1 page 1 |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196803772 |access-date=13 April 2016}} Founded by Charles Walter Chandler (1861–1936), who later founded the ''East Adelaide Eagle'' and Adelaide Truth; Berkley Dunn (1866–1932), of the Mt. Barker Dunn family, was editor 1893–1895</ref> They amalgamated to form '''''The Port Pirie Recorder''''' '''''and North Western Mail''''', first published on 9 July 1898,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/9106936|title=Port Pirie Recorder, issue 1 page 1|access-date=13 April 2016}}</ref> appearing on Saturday and Wednesday mornings, printed and published jointly by Alfred Edward South (1861 – 1 January 1934) of the ''Advocate'', and Charles Meyrick (died 3 January 1937) of the ''Standard''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95793151|title=Mr. A. E. South Dead|newspaper=The Recorder|location=Port Pirie, South Australia|date=4 January 1934|access-date=6 June 2013|page=2|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Their office was on Alexander Street, Port Pirie.

Meyrick withdrew from the partnership around 1903 and on 6 April 1914 the paper became a daily. In January 1918, the newspaper was simplified to '''''The Port Pirie Recorder''''', and in January 1919, South sold the paper to James Edward Davidson<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90061205|title=Prominent Journalist|newspaper=The Chronicle|location=Adelaide|date=5 June 1930|access-date=7 June 2013|page=18|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and it was simplified again to '''''The Recorder'''''. A few months later, a fire caused considerable damage to its Ellen Street premises, but with help from a local jobbing printer publication continued, albeit in a more modest form.<ref name=fifty /> Davidson went on to found News Limited, with ''The Recorder'' one of its stable, which included Adelaide's ''The News'', ''The Barrier Miner'' (Broken Hill) and Perth's ''Daily News''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article95347638|title=The Port Pirie Recorder.|newspaper=Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail|location=South Australia|date=9 July 1898|access-date=6 June 2013|page=2|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

On 1 December 1931 the paper was sold to Horace Yelland (died 27 August 1948) (previously editor of ''The News'' and ''The Sunday Mail'') and his company Recorder Proprietary Limited.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96214278|title=Death of Mr. Horace Yelland|newspaper=The Recorder|location=Port Pirie, South Australia|date=30 August 1948|access-date=7 June 2013|page=1|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> On 14 August 1934 disaster once again struck when much of Port Pirie, ''The Recorder'''s premises included, was inundated by flood. Again, publication was reduced to a single sheet but four days later had returned to full size with graphic photos and descriptions of the episode.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96071819|title=On Tuesday|newspaper=The Recorder|location=Port Pirie, South Australia|date=18 August 1934|access-date=6 June 2013|page=1|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

For many years, ''The'' ''Recorder'''s chief competitor was the ''Port Pirie Advertiser'' (1898–1924), published by Samuel W. Osborne. After that paper ceased publication, Osborne contributed a weekly column "Personal Reminiscences" to ''The Recorder'', which continued until 1950, a few years before his death.

The paper's worst disaster struck on 22 January 1941 when Pirie's Central Mission was destroyed by fire, which spread to the ''Recorder's'' offices causing immense damage.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96337079|title=Most Disastrous Pirie Fire For Years|newspaper=The Recorder|location=Port Pirie, South Australia|date=29 January 1941|access-date=6 June 2013|page=1|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The paper went to three issues per week,<ref name=fifty>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article96213068|title=1898—''The Recorder'' Is Fifty Years Old Today—1948.|newspaper=The Recorder|location=Port Pirie, South Australia|date=9 July 1948|access-date=6 June 2013|page=3|publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Monday, Wednesday and Friday, which continued to at least 1955.

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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.portpirierecorder.com.au}} *[http://www.sacountrypress.com.au/newspapers/newspapers/port_pirie.htm About ''The Recorder'', Port Pirie] *[http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?c=6203 SA Memory: "Port Pirie standard and Barrier advertiser" pub. State Library of South Australia]

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