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''The Biz'' was a weekly English language tabloid newspaper published in Fairfield, New South Wales Australia. The paper was first published in 1917 by Albert Henry Johnson. For forty years the publishing house was located in
Australian Newspaper History
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Hard copy & microfilm in Fairfield City Library
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biz, The Defunct newspapers published in Sydney
''The Biz'' was a weekly English language tabloid newspaper published in Fairfield, New South Wales Australia. The paper was first published in 1917 by Albert Henry Johnson. For forty years the publishing house was located in Cabramatta, New South Wales
Cabramatta ('Cabra') is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cabramatta is located south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield.
Cabramatt ...
, before being moved to Smart Street, Fairfield. It ceased publication in January 1980. ''The Biz'' was digitised in 2012.
History
During the 1930s and 1940s, the paper was printed with a Model 8Linotype machine
The Linotype machine ( ) is a "line casting" machine used in printing; manufactured and sold by the former Mergenthaler Linotype Company and related It was a hot metal typesetting system that cast lines of metal type for individual uses. Lin ...
made by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company
The Mergenthaler Linotype Company is a corporation founded in the United States in 1886 to market the Linotype machine (), a system to cast metal type in lines (linecaster) invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler. It became the world's leading manufacture ...
. During the mid 20th century period when ''The Biz'' was printed by W. R. Bright and Sons, the paper was printed with a F4503E Elrod strip casting machine manufactured by the Ludlow Typograph
A Ludlow Typograph is a hot metal typesetting system used in letterpress printing. The device casts bars, or slugs of type, out of type metal primarily consisting of lead. These slugs are used for the actual printing, and then are melted down a ...
Company.
Digitisation
The various versions of the paper have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project hosted by theNational Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta ...
.
See also
* List of newspapers in Australia * List of newspapers in New South WalesReferences
Further reading
*Isaacs, Victor; Kirkpatrick, Rod, ''Two hundred years of Sydney newspapers: A short history'', Rural Press LtExternal links
*BibliographyAustralian Newspaper History
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Hard copy & microfilm in Fairfield City Library
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biz, The Defunct newspapers published in Sydney