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Riponshire Advocate was the local newspaper and general printer in the town of Beaufort, Victoria. They closed in the early 1980's and a number of their artefacts and type founts were purchased for the Museum.

This is one of two typeset formes of note. It is a page from the annual report of the local shire. The top line shows the date as 1953, but it is likely that the typesetting had been in use for some years, with the details changed each year.

Unfortunately the other one is in a box, somewhere in a store and cannot be located right now.

Loss of such beautiful artefacts, the handiwork of craftsmen probably long since gone, would be a tragedy, but there is a great risk of that if the Museum is unable to gain sponsorship or other assistance with rental on the store.