The ''Daily Guardian'' was an Australian daily newspaper published in

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from 1923 to 1931. It was owned by Smith's Newspapers Limited, a holding company controlled by

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and better known as the publisher of ''

Smith's Weekly ''Smith's Weekly'' was an Australian tabloid newspaper published from 1919 to 1950. It was an independent weekly published in Sydney, but read all over Australia. History The publication took its name from its founder and chief financer Sir ...

''. It was known for publicity stunts, including offering its subscribers free insurance and sponsoring the first

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pageant. It ceased publication on 15 February 1931 as a result of the

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. The paper's editors and employees included

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Robert Clyde Packer Robert Clyde Packer (24 July 187912 April 1934), known as R. C. Packer, was a journalist, media proprietor and founder of Australia's Australian Consolidated Press, Packer media dynasty, which would later own Publishing and Broadcasting Limited ...

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Voltaire Molesworth Voltaire Molesworth (29 December 1889 – 5 November 1934) was an Australian politician. Born in Balmain to seaman James Molesworth and Elizabeth Ellen Vibert, his family travelled to the socialist New Australia settlement in Paraguay when ...

. and Colin SimpsonRichard White
"Simpson, Edwin Colin (1908–1983)"
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'', adb.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

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