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''The Worker'' was a
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''The Worker'' was a newspaper
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published in Brisbane
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, Queensland, Australia between 1890 and 1974. The newspaper was affiliated with the Australian Labor Party
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History
The newspaper was first published as Vol. 1, no. 1 on 1 March 1890 and the last issue was Vol. 85, no. 4119 on 19 August 1974. It was originally known as ''The Australian Workman'', and later as ''The Brisbane Worker''. While the official title of the newspaper is ''The worker : monthly journal of the Associated Workers of Queensland'', from 1896 the subtitle was changed to ''Official journal of the Federated Workers of Queensland''. Between 1917 and 1918 the subtitle was ''Australia's pioneer co-operative labor journal''.Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of theAustralian Newspapers Digitisation Program
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of the National Library of Australia
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See also
*List of newspapers in Australia
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National
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Worker, Brisbane Newspapers published in Brisbane Defunct newspapers published in Queensland Australian labour movement Newspapers established in 1890 Publications disestablished in 1975 Newspapers on Trove 1890 establishments in Australia 1975 disestablishments in Australia