{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Italic title}} '''''The Nowra Leader''''' was an English language newspaper published between 1909<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/23705431|title=The Nowra Leader|last=|first=|date=1909|website=Trove|publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> and 1969<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Country Conscience|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Rod|publisher=Infinite Harvest|year=2000|isbn=0646402706|location=Canberra City, A.C.T.|pages=286}}</ref> in Nowra, New South Wales, Australia. It continued ''The Leader and Shoalhaven District Newspaper''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1157378~S2|title=The Leader and Shoalhaven District Newspaper|last=|first=|date=|website=Catalogue|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|access-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> and was merged with the ''Nowra and Shoalhaven News'' to form the ''Nowra News Leader''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Country Conscience|last=Kirkpatrick|first=Rod|publisher=Infinite Harvest|year=2000|isbn=0646402706|location=Canberra City, A.C.T.|pages=308–309}}</ref>
thumb|''The Nowra Leader'', 3 September 1909
== History ==
''The Leader and Shoalhaven District Newspaper'' was founded by Thomas Charles Kennedy. It was first published in 1893 and ceased publication on 27 August 1909.<ref name=":1" /> It was continued by ''The Nowra Leader'', which was launched on 3 September 1909 by publisher Herbert James Connolly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1155582~S2|title=The Nowra Leader|last=|first=|date=|website=Catalogue|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|access-date=6 April 2016}}</ref> After Connolly's death in 1944, his sister Florence A. Connolly ran the paper until it was acquired by Stan Lord in late 1953. Lord later sold his interest in the paper to his nephew, Colin Lord.<ref name=":2" /> In 1969, Maxell Newton paid Colin Lord $110,000 for the paper, which he merged with the ''Nowra and Shoalhaven News'' on 3 November 1969 to form the bi-weekly ''Nowra News Leader''.<ref name=":0" />
== Digitisation == ''The Nowra Leader'' has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.
== See also == * List of newspapers in New South Wales * List of newspapers in Australia
== External links == * {{Trove newspaper|1157 |The Nowra Leader|NSW : 1909 - 1939}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nowra Leader}} Category:Defunct newspapers published in New South Wales Category:Newspapers established in 1909 Category:Publications disestablished in 1969 Category:Newspapers on Trove Category:1909 establishments in Australia Category:1969 disestablishments in Australia