Hills & Valley Messenger

Infobox Newspaper
name =
type = Weekly suburban newspaper
format = Tabloid
foundation = 1973
owners = News Limited
headquarters = flagicon|AUS 141 Morphett Road, Morphettville, SA, Australia
editor = Megan Lloyd
staff = Jessica Whiting
website = [http://www.messengersouth.com.au www.messengersouth.com.au]

"Hills & Valley Messenger" is a weekly suburban newspaper in Adelaide, part of the Messenger Newspapers group. The "Hills & Valley's" area is bounded by the Belair National Park in the north-east, and the suburbs of Darlington to the west and Happy Valley to the south. Its western border roughly divides the foothills from the Adelaide plains. [News Limited Community Newspapers [http://www.community.newsmedianet.com.au/home/groups/group/title.jsp?titleid=72] ]

The newspaper generally reports on events of interest in its distribution area, including the suburbs of Belair, Blackwood, Flagstaff Hill and Aberfoyle Park. It also covers the City of Mitcham and City of Onkaparinga councils.

It has a circulation of 19,253 and a readership of 35,000. [Roy Morgan March 2007 [http://www.community.newsmedianet.com.au/home/groups/group/title.jsp?titleid=72] ]

The office for the Hills & Valley Messenger has moved in recent times from the Southern Times Office in Morphett Vale, to the Guardian Office in Morphetville.

History

The "Hills Gazette" was established in 1973 and was renamed the "Hills Messenger" in 1984. In 1990 the paper was merged with the "Belair/Blackwood Messenger" and renamed "Hills & Valley Messenger". [Adelaide 20th Century newspapers [http://www.jaunay.com/newspapersadelaide2.html] ]

See also

* Messenger Newspapers

References

External links

* [http://www.messengernews.com.au/ Messenger Newspapers]
* [http://www.messengersouth.com.au/ Hills and Valley Messenger]