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NEWSPAPER - COMMENT NEWS

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2018

Overview

A twenty page newspaper advertising local news and local businesses.At the top of the front page is a red banner with white text which includes the paper title and the web address of the paper. The front page has a full colour selection of eight cover pages from previous years, above a large white capitalised headline, and text relating to this being the final copy of the Comment News.The back page features a full page advertisement for spudshed fresh food markets which are located throughout the area.

Historical information

After more than four decades, the final physical Comment News newspaper was circulated on 4 September 2018, leaving only the Examiner and the Roleystone Courier as the last physical community newspaper available to the local community.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2018.58

Item type

Documents

Themes

Art and Design
Environment
First Peoples
Immigration
Nature
People
Photography
Popular Culture
Social History
World Cultures

Material

Paper

Width

410 mm

Height or length

300 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Newspaper title [Comment / News]. Headline [THANK YOU]

Keywords

Community News Group - Comment News

Year

2018

Statement of significance

HIGH
The Comment News reported local stories from the City of Armadale, City of Gosnells and the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale for over 40 years. The final physical version of the newspaper was published on 4 September 2018 before it became a online newspaper.

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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