The ''Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal'', also published as the ''Australian Band of Hope Review, and Children's Friend'', ''The Australian Band of Hope Journal'', and ''The Band of Hope Journal and Australian Home Companion'', was a Fortnightly English language newspaper published in Sydney, Australia from 1856 to 1861.
History
The paper was established to promote
temperance
Temperance may refer to:
Moderation
*Temperance movement, movement to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed
*Temperance (virtue), habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion
Culture
*Temperance (group), Canadian danc ...
among young people. It was published as the ''Australian Band of Hope Review, and Children's Friend'' in 1856, ''The Australian Band of Hope Journal'' in 1857, and ''The Band of Hope Journal and Australian Home Companion'' in 1858. From 1859 to 1861 it was published as ''The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal''.
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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project of the
National Library of Australia
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.
It was digitised in June 2011, in the first collaboration between the Digitisation and Photography Branch of the
National Library of Australia
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and the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program team.
See also
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List of newspapers in Australia
This is a list of newspapers in Australia. For other older newspapers, see list of defunct newspapers of Australia.
National
In 1950, the number of national daily newspapers in Australia was 54 and it increased to 65 in 1965.
Daily newspape ...
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List of newspapers in New South Wales
This is a list of newspapers in New South Wales in Australia.
List of newspapers in New South Wales (A)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (B)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (C)
List of newspapers in New South Wales (D)
Li ...
References
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*{{Trove newspaper, 164, The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal, Sydney, NSW : 1859 – 1861
Defunct newspapers published in Sydney
1856 establishments in Australia
Newspapers on Trove