''The Queensland Times'' is an
online newspaper
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serving
Ipswich and surrounds in
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
, Australia. The newspaper is owned by
News Corp Australia
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. The circulation of ''The Queensland Times'' is 10,804 Monday to Friday and 14,153 on Saturday.
''The Queensland Times'' is circulated to the Ipswich city area (all residential suburbs including the new the suburbs Springfield, Springfield Lakes and Brookwater) and the Ipswich rural area including
Harrisville,
Rosewood,
Laidley,
Forest Hill
Forest Hill or Forrest Hill may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Forest Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Wagga Wagga
* Forrest Hill, New South Wales, a suburb of Albury
* Forest Hill, Queensland
* Forest Hill, Victoria
** Forest Hill Chase Sh ...
,
Lowood,
Boonah
Boonah is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Boonah had a population of 2,484 people.
Geography
The town is positioned near the Fassifern Valley, McPherson Range and Main Range ...
,
Aratula
Aratula is a rural town and locality in the Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Aratula had a population of 532 people.
Geography
Aratula is approximately by road southwest of Ipswich. The Cunningham Highway ente ...
,
Gatton,
Esk and
Toogoolawah
Toogoolawah ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toogoolawah had a population of 1,279 people.
Geography
Toogoolawah is in South East Queensland. Toogoolawah is a centre for gliding and parach ...
. ''The Queensland Times'' website is part of the
APN Regional News Network.
History
''The Queensland Times'' is the oldest surviving provincial paper in
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
. Founded on 4 July 1859 as the ''Ipswich Herald'', it has continued ever since. Until a printer's strike briefly interrupted production in 1972, it had the proud record of never having missed a scheduled issue, in spite of fires, floods and machinery breakdowns.
It was not, however, the first newspaper in Ipswich. That honour belongs to the ''
North Australian'', founded in 1855 and having on its staff two men who were to play a major part in the establishment of other Queensland newspapers, Hugh Parkinson, the foremen printer, and
Arthur Sidney Lyon, the editor. The publishing office of this paper was moved to
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
in 1863.
One of the main aims of the ''Ipswich Herald'' was to promote Ipswich's claims to be capital city of the Moreton bay colony as separation from
New South Wales
)
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, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
loomed. It was bought in 1861 by Hugh Parkinson and two other north Australian employees, Hugh Bowring Sloman and Francis Kidner. They changed its name to ''The Queensland Times'' and said it "would undertake to speak as from the centre of authority, the capital, and would oppose centralization in Brisbane." The editor was
John Charlton Thompson, who later surveyed and laid out the city of
Bundaberg. The greatest success story connected with the paper was that of a young lad, William Kippen, who rose from the position of paper seller in 1862 to become chairman of directors in 1914.
Between the 1860s and the 1880s the bi-weekly Queensland Times faced competition from other newspapers, but outlasted them all. On Tuesday, 8 October 1861, the ''Ipswich Herald'' merged to form ''
The Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald, and General Advertiser.''
It became a morning daily in 1899, but a depression forced it to revert to a tri-weekly publication until, in 1908, it became a daily again. ''The Queensland Times'' is owned by the
APN News & Media Ltd Group. It was subsequently bought by
NewsCorp.
Along with many other regional Australian newspapers owned by NewsCorp, the newspaper ceased print editions in June 2020 and became an online-only publication.
Digitisation
''The Queensland Times'' has been digitised as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the
National Library of Australia.
The Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser
''The Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser'' was the second newspaper published in
Ipswich, Queensland.
[ It was established in 1859 by Central Queensland separationists, who argued for a separation from ]New South Wales
)
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, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
. The paper merged with another to become the ''Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser'' when it changed ownership in October 1861. The newspaper later claimed to be the leading proponent for populating, opening up, and exploiting the resources of Queensland.[ It is now known as ''The Queensland Times'', and is the oldest surviving newspaper in Queensland.
]
History
''The Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser'' was established and owned by Walter Gray, H.M. Cockburn, Arthur Macalister and John Rankin, Central Queensland separationists. It launched on 4 July 1859 with an ex-''Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper ...
'' employee Edmund Gregory acting as both publisher and editor.[
Separation was achieved just prior to the first edition: the proclamation by ]Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previ ...
established a colony separate to New South Wales
)
, nickname =
, image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates:
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, es ...
called Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
.[ News of this proclamation featured in the first issue.][
The newspaper was one of three regional Queensland newspapers published during the 1850s,] the first in Ipswich was named '' The North Australian''.[ In 1861 Gregory left to join the '']Moreton Bay Courier Moreton may refer to:
People Given name
* Moreton John Wheatley (1837–1916), British Army officer and Bailiff of the Royal Parks
Surname
* Alice Bertha Moreton (1901–1977), English sculptor, draughtsman and artist
* Andrew Moreton, a ps ...
'' (now the ''Courier-Mail''),[ and the paper was bought by three former employees of ''The North Australian'', Hugh Parkinson, F. Kidner and J. Sloman. It was then known as ''Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser'', with the new ownership keen to represent the interests of Queensland more generally.][
In 1874 the Elenborough Street site was purchased by the railways and the paper moved to "Dowden's corner".][
]
Digitisation
''The Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser'' has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.
See also
* 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 ...
References
External links
''The Queensland Times''
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Newspapers published in Queensland
Ipswich, Queensland
Newspapers established in 1859
1859 establishments in Australia
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