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Daily Telegraph (Melbourne)
The ''Daily Telegraph'' was a newspaper published in Melbourne from 1869 to 1892. Notable people * J. F. Archibald (1858–1919) *Rev. Dr. William Henry Fitchett editor 1886–1891 * Elizee De Garis (1851–1948) irrigation correspondent * Frederick Albert E. Gibson (c. 1854–1933) journalist * Ernest George Henty (1862–1895) journalist 1883–1885 *Benjamin Hoare (1842–1932) journalist 1886–1890 * Duncan Longden ( –1904) *Joe Melvin (1852–1909) journalist and sub-editor *William Thomas Reay (1858–1929) leader writer and assistant editor * Henry Short, associate editor under Fitchett. * George Thomson ( –1899) * James Thomson (1852–1934) journalist 1874– *Howard Willoughby Howard Willoughby (19 June 1839 – 19 March 1908) was an Australian journalist. Notably, he was the first Australian war correspondent, he wrote against penal transportation to Australia and in favour of the federation of Australia. Willoughby ... (1839–1908) editor 1869–1877 * C. R. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Short (editor)
Henry Short (c. 1851 – 9 March 1928) was an Australian journalist, editor of ''The Leader (Melbourne), The Leader'' for over 36 years and sub-editor of ''The Age'' in Melbourne. Biography Short was born in Somersetshire, and in 1864 came to Australia with his parents on the liner ''Fiery Star'', which was destroyed by fire on her return voyage. He lived some years in Queensland, where he was a clerk with the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company, AUSN company and clerk with the Union Bank. :His father, Robert Short (died July 1899), was a journalist who in an earlier life was proprietor of ''The Colonist'', a newspaper in Demerara, British Guiana. He later took holy orders to become Rev. Robert Short, rector of the Parkville, Victoria Anglican church. In 1870 he joined the staff of ''The Age'', acting as theatre and literary critic for many years and became sub-editor in 1881. He left later that year to become editor of the ''Evening Mail (Melbourne), Evening Mail'', a sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Newspapers Published In Melbourne
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Publications Disestablished In 1892
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Publications Established In 1869
To publish is to make content available to the general public.Berne Convention, article 3(3) URL last accessed 2010-05-10.Universal Copyright Convention, Geneva text (1952), article VI . URL last accessed 2010-05-10. While specific use of the term may vary among countries, it is usually applied to text, images, or other content, including paper ( |
Howard Willoughby
Howard Willoughby (19 June 1839 – 19 March 1908) was an Australian journalist. Notably, he was the first Australian war correspondent, he wrote against penal transportation to Australia and in favour of the federation of Australia. Willoughby was born at Birmingham, England. He was educated at primary schools at Birmingham and London and came to Melbourne in 1857. He continued his education there, and in 1861 joined the staff of ''The Age'' newspaper as a junior reporter. About a year later he transferred to '' The Argus''. In the 1860s he became the first Australian war correspondent, and accompanied the troops under General Cameron in the New Zealand Wars in New Zealand. Returning to Melbourne he was sent to Western Australia to report on the convict system. A series of letters from Willoughby appeared in the Argus and were published in a pamphlet of 64 pages in 1865, ''Transportation: The British Convict in Western Australia''. His conclusions were that the sending of furthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Thomson (journalist)
James Thomson (1 September 1852 – 4 August 1934) was an Australian journalist and newspaper owner. Thomson was born in Cullycapple, County Londonderry, Ireland, son of Alexander Thomson and Martha his wife. He went to Geelong, Victoria, with his parents in 1853, and was educated at Geelong Presbyterian School, and at the National Grammar School, Castlemaine. He served his apprenticeship on ''The Argus'' newspaper, and subsequently joined the staff of the ''Kyneton Observer'', of which he became editor, joining the Melbourne ''Daily Telegraph'' in 1874. Thomson married at Trinity Church, East Melbourne, on 1 June 1878, Alice, second daughter of the late John Leyland, contractor, Liverpool. In the intervals of press work, he acted as Secretary to the Parliamentary Boards on State Schools, Safety Mining Cages, Wattle Bark, etc., and to the Royal Commission on the Tariff. He was Secretary of Committees for the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880-81, and Secretary to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Register
''The Register'', originally the ''South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register'', and later ''South Australian Register,'' was South Australia's first newspaper. It was first published in London in June 1836, moved to Adelaide in 1837, and folded into '' The Advertiser'' almost a century later in February 1931. The newspaper was the sole primary source for almost all information about the settlement and early history of South Australia. It documented shipping schedules, legal history and court records at a time when official records were not kept. According to the National Library of Australia, its pages contain "one hundred years of births, deaths, marriages, crime, building history, the establishment of towns and businesses, political and social comment". All issues are freely available online, via Trove. History ''The Register'' was conceived by Robert Thomas, a law stationer, who had purchased for his family of land in the proposed South Australian province after be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomson (journalist)
George Thomson may refer to: Government and politics * George Thomson (MP for Southwark) (c. 1607–1691), English merchant and Parliamentarian soldier, official and politician * George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth (1921–2008), Scottish politician; former Labour MP and peer * George Thomson (Canadian politician) (1855–1920), Scottish-born merchant, official and political figure in British Columbia * George Walker Thomson (1883–1949), Scottish trade unionist * George Thomson, Lord Thomson (1893–1962), Scottish politician and judge Sports * George Thomson (footballer, born 1854) (1854–1937), Wales international footballer * George Thomson (rugby) (1856–1899), English rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s and 1880s * George C. Thomson (1888–1976), American football player, lawyer and banker * George Thomson (footballer, born 1936) (1936–2007), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Everton, Brentford) * George Thomson (Scottish footballer) (fl. 1930s, Aberdee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Thomas Reay
Colonel William Thomas Reay CBE VD (10 November 1858 – 11 November 1929) was an Australian journalist, newspaper editor, and politician, as well as a police and army officer. Early life The son of an English sailmaker, Edward William Raey and his Irish wife, Johanna Brennen, Reay was born in Balmain, Sydney, but grew up in Williamstown, Melbourne. He ran away to sea when he was thirteen, but left his ship at Dunedin, New Zealand, and worked as a clerk for a while before working his way home. He then attended King's College, Melbourne and joined the Victoria Sugar Company at Yarraville, where he worked for nine years. Career In June 1883 he bought the '' Coleraine Albion'', followed by the '' Port Melbourne Standard''. From 1887 to 1890 he was editor of the ''Hamilton Spectator'', and from 1891 he was leader-writer and assistant editor of the Melbourne ''Daily Telegraph''. When it closed in 1892 he moved to the '' Melbourne Weekly Times'' and then to '' The Herald'' as lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Advertiser (Adelaide)
''The Advertiser'' is a daily tabloid format newspaper based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named ''The South Australian Advertiser'' on 12 July 1858,''The South Australian Advertiser'', published 1858–1889 National Library of Australia, digital newspaper library. it is currently a tabloid printed from Monday to Saturday. ''The Advertiser'' came under the ownership of in the 1950s, and the full ownership of in 1987. It is a publication of Advertiser Newspapers Pty Ltd (ADV), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Melvin
Joseph Dalgarno Melvin (15 August 1852 – 26 June 1909) was a Scottish-born journalist and editor, mainly based in Melbourne, Victoria. History Melvin was born in Banff, Scotland, a son of John Melvin (ca.1829 – 21 September 1905), and his wife Isabella, née Gossip. He gained some journalistic experience with the '' Moray Advertiser'' and '' Firth Advertiser'' before the family migrated to Australia. His first appointment was with ''The Age'' in the 1870s, when he reported on conditions at the Kew Lunatic Asylum. He joined '' The Argus'' sometime before 1877, and accompanied the Victorian police in their various attempts to run down the Kelly Gang. He was on the scene during their last days in 1881. Various stories have been told about his part in the climactic events: he was in the special train that took the troopers to Glenrowan and in a feat of daring, extinguished the carriage's external lights, which had made them a particular target; he was beside Sergeant Hare when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
