''The Australian Communist'' was a weekly newspaper published from
Sydney,
Australia between 24 December 1920 and 29 April 1921. The newspaper was the official organ of the
Communist Party of Australia
The Communist Party of Australia (CPA), known as the Australian Communist Party (ACP) from 1944 to 1951, was an Australian political parties, Australian political party founded in 1920. The party existed until roughly 1991, with its membersh ...
. In total, 19 issues of ''The Australian Communist'' were published.
Tom Glynn served as the editor of ''The Australian Communist'' until 25 March 1921. For the last issues C.W. Baker served as the editor.
''The Communist''
The newspaper changed its title to ''The Communist''.
It continued publishing under the new title from 1921 to 1923 to be replaced by ''Workers' Weekly'' that became the official organ of the Australian Communist Party.
''Workers' Weekly''
''The Communist'' folded in 1923 to be replaced by ''Worker' Weekly'' which became the official organ of the party from 1923 to 1939. ''Workers' Weekly'' stopped publication with ''
Tribune
Tribune () was the title of various elected officials in ancient Rome. The two most important were the tribunes of the plebs and the military tribunes. For most of Roman history, a college of ten tribunes of the plebs acted as a check on th ...
'' becoming the official organ starting 1939.
Publication history
See also
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Tribune (Australian newspaper)
''Tribune'' was the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Australia. It was published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Australia from 1939 to 1991. Initially it was subtitled as ''Tribune: The People's Paper''. It was ...
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1920 establishments in Australia
1921 disestablishments in Australia
Communist newspapers
Defunct newspapers published in Sydney
Defunct weekly newspapers
Newspapers established in 1920
Publications disestablished in 1921
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