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''The Arrow'' was a weekly English-language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, Australia between 1896 and 1933. The paper had previously been published under two earlier titles, ''The Dead Bird'' and ''Bird O’Freedom'' and also appeared as the ''Saturday Referee and the Arrow''. It was later absorbed by '' The Referee''.
History
''The Dead Bird'' was first published on 16 May 1889 by Herbert Allan Risdale, and in 1891 the name was changed to ''Bird O'Freedom''. On 7 March 1896 the name changed to ''The Arrow''. It was published byHarry Markham Evans
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. The paper was a sporting weekly. In 1916 ''The Arrow'' came into the ownership of Hugh D. McIntosh
Hugh Donald "Huge Deal" McIntosh (10 September 1876 – 2 February 1942) was an Australian theatrical entrepreneur, sporting promoter and newspaper proprietor
Early life
McIntosh was born on 16 September 1876, to Hugh Fraser McIntosh, a Scottis ...
in 1916, when he acquired the ''Sunday Times
''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, whi ...
''.
In 1933 the paper was absorbed by '' The Referee'', another sporting weekly, which began publication in 1886 and ceased publication on 31 August 1939.
Digitisation
Many issues of the paper have been digitised as part of theAustralian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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, a project of the National Library of Australia
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in cooperation with the State Library of New South Wales
The State Library of New South Wales, part of which is known as the Mitchell Library, is a large heritage-listed special collections, reference and research library open to the public and is one of the oldest libraries in Australia. Establish ...
.
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 ...
* 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
External links
* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arrow, The Defunct newspapers published in Sydney Newspapers on Trove