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Why were old timer newspaper reports so detailed?
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<blockquote data-quote="XLOOX" data-source="post: 668863" data-attributes="member: 16174"><p>There were very very few sources of information in those days. Papers were read front to back and important life changing decisions made based on them. The role of paper journalism in creating and maintaining a community was taken seriously. </p><p></p><p>A single 3m old paper from Melbourne might be the latest and only source of news for a small community when it first started but as it grew then local info was of equal importance and helped promote the area.</p><p></p><p>With the significant effort required to printing a single edition in the frontier regions, they packed as much info as they could in on all topics. </p><p></p><p>The farming info was equally detailed. Who put was trialing new sheep breeds, how many cattle had redwater disease in what farms, vegetable yields...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XLOOX, post: 668863, member: 16174"] There were very very few sources of information in those days. Papers were read front to back and important life changing decisions made based on them. The role of paper journalism in creating and maintaining a community was taken seriously. A single 3m old paper from Melbourne might be the latest and only source of news for a small community when it first started but as it grew then local info was of equal importance and helped promote the area. With the significant effort required to printing a single edition in the frontier regions, they packed as much info as they could in on all topics. The farming info was equally detailed. Who put was trialing new sheep breeds, how many cattle had redwater disease in what farms, vegetable yields... [/QUOTE]
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