''Direct Action'' was an English-language newspaper published in

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. It was published in

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format.

History

The paper's first issue was published on 31 January 1914 by the

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, Australian Administration. It was a monthly publication concerned with

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and

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Digitisation

The various versions of the paper have been digitised as part of the

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, a project hosted by the

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Bibliography

* ''Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers : a short history'', by Victor Isaacs and Rod Kirkpatrick, North Richmond, N.S.W. : Rural Press, 2003. * Looking good : the changing appearance of Australian newspapers / by Victor Isaacs, for the Australian Newspapers History Group, Middle Park, Qld. : Australian Newspaper History Group, 2007. * Press timeline : Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011 / Compiled by Rod Kirkpatrick for the Australian Newspaper History Group * Australian Newspaper History : A Bibliography / Compiled by Victor Isaacs, Rod Kirkpatrick and John Russell, Middle Park, Qld. : Australian Newspaper History Group, 2004. * Newspapers in Australian libraries : a union list. 4th ed. {{Authority control Defunct newspapers published in Sydney Industrial Workers of the World publications Publications established in 1914

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