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The Western Herald
The Western Herald is a print newspaper, published in Bourke, New South Wales, Australia. It services the town of Bourke and surrounding districts. The current cover price is $1.70.

History
The founding editor of the newspaper was Mr Edward Davis Millen. Philip Chapman was taken into partnership around 1889, and was editor until 1918, when the newspaper was purchased by brothers Archibald and Samuel Carmichael. In the 1930's the partnership became Carmichael & Son, with Archibald and his son Lester. Lester's son Dal took over in the early 1970's. The Carmichael and Son partnership ended in 1997. The newspaper is now owned by Navoc Pty. Limited.

The paper was originally printed on broadsheet, changing to the tabloid format with the issue of 1 February, 1974, due to "stress created by the Darling River flood, lack of the usual amount of advertising and, once again, that inevitable staff shortage".

The Western Herald currently occupies the building that was originally the Good Templars' Temperance Hall, one of the oldest surviving buildings in Bourke.