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''Bell's Life...'' was a group of newspapers produced in
''Bell's Life...'' was a group of newspapers produced in Australia
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in the mid-nineteenth century based upon the English publication ''Bell's Life in London
''Bell's Life in London, and Sporting Chronicle'' was an English weekly sporting paper published as a pink broadsheet between 1822 and 1886.
History
''Bell's Life'' was founded by Robert Bell, a London printer-publisher. Bell sold it to William I ...
''.
Most publications lasted a short duration. The subtitles were usually ''sporting chronicle''.
The Sydney
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and Melbourne
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papers were precursors of the ''Australasian Post
The ''Australasian Post'', commonly called the ''Aussie Post'', was Australia's longest-running weekly picture magazine.
History and profile
Its origins are traceable to Saturday, 3 January 1857, when the first issue of ''Bell's Life in Victoria ...
''.
Sydney
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it was known as ''Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer
''Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer'', also published as ''Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle'', was a weekly English language newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia between 1845 and 1870.
History
The ne ...
'' and had a longer publication run of 1845 to 1872. Stories and articles from the Sydney paper were carried by other newspapers.
Hobart
In Tasmania, the subtitle was the more extensive ''sporting chronicle, agricultural gazette and country journal''.Melbourne
In Melbourne,Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
the publication was titled "Victoria", rather than the city name.
Adelaide
InAdelaide, South Australia
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, the publication lasted for less than a year.
Perth
The publication inPerth, Western Australia
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came later than other Australian versions in the 1890s, with an added phrase in the subtitle of ''society journal''.
References
{{reflist, 30em Defunct newspapers published in Australia