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The ''Westralian Worker'' was a newspaper established in
The newspaper attempted to balance views between conscriptionists and anti-conscriptionists in
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area include ...
in 1900 and published until its demise in 1951 in Perth
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 ...
, Western Australia.
History
It was established as the ''Official organ of the Western Australian Labor Party'' — with the subtitle of "A journal devoted to the interest of trade unionism, co-operation and labour in politics". In April 1912 it was moved to Perth and was published by the ''Westralian Worker Printing and Publishing Company''. The company also published union books and pamphlets as well as the ''Westralian Worker.'' It was also known as the People's Printing and Publishing Company.
The newspaper attempted to balance views between conscriptionists and anti-conscriptionists in World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, but eventually became a mouthpiece for the anti-conscriptionists.
The editorial policy included tackling perceived biases of other Western Australian newspapers.
The newspaper was based in Holman House.
Notable editors
*Thomas Bath
Thomas Henry Bath, CBE (21 February 1875 – 6 November 1956) was an Australian politician, trade unionist, newspaper editor, writer, and cooperativist. A member of the Labor Party, he served as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative ...
(1901-1902)
*Wallace Nelson
Wallace Alexander Nelson (29 April 1856 – 5 May 1943) was a short term Western Australian politician. He represented the electoral district of Hannans from 1904 to 1905 in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. He was described as the ...
(1902-1903)
* Julian Stuart (1903)
*John Curtin
John Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945) was an Australian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He led the country for the majority of World War II, including all but the last few ...
(1917-1928)
*Fred Gates (1928-1937)
Publishing details
* Vol. 1, no. 1 (7 Sept. 1900)-no. 2219 (Friday, 22 June 1951)http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/741 online form detailsNotes
External links
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