''The W. A. Catholic Record'', later ''The W. A. Record'', later simply ''The Record'', was a newspaper published in
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
from September 1874, and was the official organ of the
Archdiocese of Perth
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia covering the Greater Perth, Goldfields-Esperance, Peel and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia.
St Mary's ...
. The magazine is now published bi-monthly in both paper and electronic formats.
History
The fourth issue of the newspaper appeared early in 1874.
A bi-monthly "eRecord" electronic magazine is now available free on-line, and a hard copy and
PDF
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version began publication in March 2016.
Archive
Vol.XV No.412 of Thursday 19 July 1888 to New Series No.2061 of Saturday 28 January 1922 have been digitized from photographic copies by the
National Library of Australia
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and may be accessed using
Trove
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.
See also
Other Roman Catholic publications in Australia are:
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''The Southern Cross'' (South Australia)
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''The Advocate'' (Melbourne)
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''The Catholic Leader'' (Brisbane)
References
External links
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Publications established in 1873
1873 establishments in Australia
Newspapers published in Perth, Western Australia
Catholic newspapers
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