The ''Telegraph'' was an evening

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...

published in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

, Australia. It was first published on 1 October 1872 and its final edition appeared on 5 February 1988. In its day it was recognised as one of the best news pictorial newspapers in the country.Daily Sun, Saturday, 6 February 1988 Its Pink Sports edition (printed distinctively on pink newsprint and sold on Brisbane streets from about 6 pm on Saturdays) was a particularly excellent production produced under tight deadlines. It included results and pictures of Brisbane's Saturday afternoon sports including the results of the last horse race of the day.

History

In 1871 a group of local businessmen, Robert Armour, John Killeen Handy (M.L.A. for Brisbane), John Warde, John Burns, J. D. Heale and J. K. Buchanan formed the Telegraph Newspaper Co. Ltd. The editor was Theophilus Parsons Pugh, a former editor of the ''Brisbane Courier'' and founder of ''Pugh's Almanac''.Queensland Press Limited history report 1975. Sourced Qld Newspapers archive library December 2008 The first edition of the newspaper had just four pages and a print run of only 200 copies. In 1963 it moved from its 93 Queen Street premises to its final home in 41 Campbell Street,

Bowen Hills Bowen Hills is an inner north-eastern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the Bowen Hills had a population of 3,226 people. Geography Bowen Hills is by road from the Brisbane CBD. Mayne is a neighbourhood within the s ...

(Queensland Newspapers).

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the

National 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 ...

Notable staff

* Sallyanne Atkinson, journalist (1960 to 1962) * Ken Blanch, reporter * Peter Charlton, later the ''Courier-Mail''s national affairs editor, was the business editor of '' The Courier-Mail'' and ''Brisbane Telegraph''. * James Cowlishaw, managing director in 1878. * Alfred Cecil Chave, journalist, 1930 *

Nat Gould Nathaniel Gould (21 December 1857 – 25 July 1919), commonly known as Nat Gould, was a British novelist. History Gould was born at Manchester, Lancashire, the only surviving child of Nathaniel Gould, a tea merchant, and his wife Mary, ''née ...

* Barton Green * Patrick Hamilton, 1998

Walkley Award The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic and online media. The Gold Walkley is the highest prize and ...

winning photojournalist * Thomas William Heney (1920 to 1923) * Mark Hinchliffe joined as the sports sub-editor in 1981. * Hector Holthouse, journalist * Lionel Ker Strutton Hogg * Edgar George Holt * Lincoln Howes, now part of the '' 60 Minutes'' team, started his career at Brisbane's Telegraph * Harry Jefferies, Sports Editor * Chris Mitchell, cadet journalist at the ''Telegraph'', later editor-in-chief of ''

The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...

'' (2002–2015) * Mitchell Murphy, now with ''

Brisbane Times Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...

'', was reporter and columnist covering elite level sport for both the ''Brisbane Telegraph'' and '' Daily Sun''. * Pendil Arthur Rayner (1928 as a cadet (cub) reporter – 1943) * Kevin Sinclair, reporter, 1962 *

Frederick William Ward Frederick William Ward (5 April 1847 – 1 July 1934) was an Australian journalist, newspaper editor and Methodist minister. Ward was born in New Zealand the fourth son of the Rev. Robert Ward, a Primitive Methodist clergyman and was sent to Bris ...

, editor (1916 – December 1920) * Charles Wilmott, Assistant Messenger Overseer in the ''Brisbane Telegraph'' Office.

References

External links

*
Brisbane ''Telegraph''
NLA
Brisbane ''Telegraph'' (microform)
NLA
''Telegraph''
Brisbane memories wiki,

Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asian ...

. * {{trove newspaper, 840, The Telegraph, Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947

Photos

Boyd @ Monochrome Brisbane

Brian McMorrow
Defunct newspapers published in Queensland Newspapers published in Brisbane Publications established in 1872 Publications disestablished in 1988 1872 establishments in Australia Daily newspapers published in Australia Newspapers on Trove