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Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)
The ''Daily News'', historically a successor of ''The Inquirer'' and ''The Inquirer and Commercial News'', was an afternoon daily English language newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, from 1882 to 1990, though its origin is traceable from 1840. History One of the early newspapers of the Western Australian colony was '' The Inquirer'', established by Francis Lochee and William Tanner on 5 August 1840. Lochee became sole proprietor and editor in 1843 until May 1847 when he sold the operation to the paper's former compositor Edmund Stirling. In July 1855, ''The Inquirer'' merged with the recently established ''Commercial News and Shipping Gazette'', owned by Robert John Sholl, as '' The Inquirer & Commercial News''. It ran under the joint ownership of Stirling and Sholl. Sholl departed and, from April 1873, the paper was produced by Stirling and his three sons, trading as Stirling & Sons. Edmund Stirling retired five years later and his three sons took control as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The Extremes on Earth#Other places considered the most remote, world's most isolated major city by certain criteria, Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth metropolitan region, Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River, upon which its #Central business district, central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth was founded by James Stirling (Royal Navy officer), Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. The city is situated on the traditional lands of the Whadju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Carson
Alfred Carson OBE (7 November 1859 – 24 August 1944) was an Australian journalist and social worker. Biography Carson was born at Upper Swan in Western Australia to wheelwright George Carson and Charlot, ''née'' Hadley. After attending government schools he began teaching at Perth Boys' School as an assistant master when he was eighteen, becoming headmaster of the Geraldton government school in August 1878. On 5 August 1884 he married Eva Massingham of Dongara. In 1887 he joined the staff of the Victorian Express and was soon the editor. In July 1892 he was appointed inaugural editor of the ''Geraldton and Murchison Telegraph''. In January 1896 he worked for ''The West Australian'', eventually becoming associate editor. In 1912 he became editor of the '' Western Mail'' and in 1917 conducted the ''West Australians case in the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration case that determined the first journalists' award. He also travelled to the Western Front and the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australians, Australian people", thus functioning as a national library. It is located in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ACT. Created in 1960 by the ''National Library Act'', by the end of June 2019 its collection contained 7,717,579 items, with its manuscript material occupying of shelf space. The NLA also hosts and manages the Trove cultural heritage discovery service, which includes access to the Australian Web Archive and National edeposit (NED), a large collection of digitisation, digitised newspapers, official documents, manuscrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program
Trove is an Australian online library database owned by the National Library of Australia in which it holds partnerships with source providers National and State Libraries Australia, an aggregator and service which includes full text documents, digital images, bibliographic and holdings data of items which are not available digitally, and a free faceted-search engine as a discovery tool. Content The database includes archives, images, newspapers, official documents, archived websites, manuscripts and other types of data. it is one of the most well-respected and accessed GLAM services in Australia, with over 70,000 daily users. Based on antecedents dating back to 1996, the first version of Trove was released for public use in late 2009. It includes content from libraries, museums, archives, repositories and other organisations with a focus on Australia. It allows searching of catalogue entries of books in Australian libraries (some fully available online), academic an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llewelyn David Bevan
Llewelyn David Bevan (11 September 1842 – 19 July 1918) was a Congregational church minister and academic active in Australia.Gunson, Niel;Bevan, Llewelyn David (1842 - 1918), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, MUP, 1979, pp 283-285. His wife Louisa Jane Bevan, Louise Jane Bevan was also notable. Early life Bevan was born in Llanelli, Llanelly, Carmarthen, Wales, son of Hopkin Bevan, actuary, and his wife Eliza, ''née'' Davies, a Congregational minister's daughter. Bevan had plans for a legal career, but was converted by the preaching of Henry Grattan Guinness. Bevan studied at New College London, New College, then at the University of London (B.A., 1862 and LL.B. 1865). Ordained in 1865, Bevan assisted Thomas Binney at King's Weigh House Chapel; then 1869–75 was minister of American International Church, Tottenham Court Chapel and the building, one of the largest Congregational churches in London, was often crowded. Bevan marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirwan Ward
Edward Bernard Kirwan Ward (2 April 1909 – 5 March 1983) was a journalist most notable for his work with the '' Daily News'' in Perth, Western Australia. Early life Kirwan Ward was born in Shotover, Oxfordshire one of eight children of Norman and Bertha Kirwan Ward. At the age of 18 he moved with his family to Australia. In Perth he worked a number of jobs including work as an insurance clerk and a shoe salesman. War Kirwan Ward joined the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1942 and was discharged in 1946. Writing Jim Macartney, editor of the ''Daily News'' in Perth offered him a backpage daily column in the newspaper when he left active service. From 1954 he was joined by cartoonist Paul Rigby Paul Crispin Rigby AM (25 October 1924 – 15 November 2006) was an Australian cartoonist who worked for newspapers in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. He usually worked under the name Rigby. Early life Rigby was born in S ... who often travelled on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Rigby
Paul Crispin Rigby AM (25 October 1924 – 15 November 2006) was an Australian cartoonist who worked for newspapers in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. He usually worked under the name Rigby. Early life Rigby was born in Sandringham, Victoria,The Independent (2 January 2007) ''Paul Rigby Australia's - No 1 Cartoonist''. Retrieved 28 March 2015. on 25 October 1924, the second son of James Rigby, a telephone engineer, and his wife Violet Wood. He studied at Brighton Technical School before leaving at 15 to work as a commercial artist, eventually takin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Platell
Amanda Jane Platell (born 12 November 1957) is an Australian journalist. Between 1999 and 2001 she was the press secretary to William Hague, the then leader of the British Conservative Party. She is currently based in the UK. Personal life Platell was born in Perth, Western Australia. Her father was a journalist working for ''The West Australian'' newspaper and her mother was a secretary. Platell graduated with an Honours Degree in Politics and Philosophy from the University of Western Australia. Her first job was in 1978 when she joined the '' Perth Daily News.'' She has lamented that for medical reasons she has been unable to have children. Early British career After a backpacking tour of the world with her then fiancé John Chenery, she arrived in London in 1985. Aiming to earn enough money to return home she worked as a freelancer for publications including ''The Observer'' and the ''Sunday Express.'' After being part of the start-up team of ''Today,'' she then joined R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Lovekin
Arthur Lovekin (12 November 1859 – 10 December 1931) was an Australian journalist, newspaper proprietor, and politician. He had a long association with '' The Daily News'' in Perth, Western Australia, initially as editor and later as owner. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1919 until his death in 1931 and was a prominent advocate for Western Australia's secession from the federation. He was also involved in the development of Kings Park and founded the Arthur Lovekin Prize in Journalism. Early life Lovekin was born in England on 12 November 1859, probably in Slough, Buckinghamshire, but possibly in Sevenoaks, Kent. He was the son of Mariann (née Kenyon) and Lewis James Lovekin; his father was an Anglican clergyman. He was partly educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury, from 1871 to 1875. Victoria and South Australia He came to Australia in 1879 and worked in Victoria for 12 months as a surveyor. The next year he joined The Age in Melbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Hagdorn
Kim John Hagdorn (born 8 April 1955) is a former first-class cricketer and Australian sports journalist. Cricket career Hagdorn was selected as a right-arm medium-fast bowler and played the opening match for the West Australian first-class cricket side in the 1977/78 Sheffield Shield season. He only bowled 6 overs for no wickets and did not get to bat as Western Australia beat Tasmania by an innings and 14 runs. He was replaced for the next match by Wayne Clark and was not selected again. Journalism career After his brief foray with the state cricket team, Hagdorn moved to sports journalism and became the chief Australian rules football writer for ''The Sunday Times'' in Perth. He also appears on Triple M as a reporter for West Australian AFL games and was a regular contributor to 6PR's football coverage. He previously held a position as Communications Manager at the Western Australian Cricket Association. In 2007 he was awarded the Geoff Christian Media Award and the Jack L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boronia Lucy (Bonnie) Giles
Boronia Lucy "Bonnie" Giles (née Sanderson; 25 August 25, 1909 – 2 May 1978) was an Australian journalist who wrote under the pen names Mary Ferber, Auntie Nell and Peg Pegotty. Mary Ferber's advice column in Perth's ''Daily News'' ran for twenty years. Life Giles was born in 1909 in Collie in Western Australia. She was the third child of Jessie Mary (born Cosham) and her husband Arthur Sanderson. Her mother came from Queensland and her father, an engine driver, had been born in Britain. She went to Perth Modern School for over four years after she won a scholarship and in 1927 she became a part-time student at the University of Western Australia. She briefly worked for a car company before she started work at the ''Daily News'' in Perth. This paper dated back to 1882. Between 1929 and 1931 she endeavoured to obtain a journalism qualification but she could not find the time. She married another journalist on 30 December 1932. Using the nom de plume of Mary Ferber she wrote an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Devine
Frank Devine (17 December 1931 – 3 July 2009) was a New Zealand–born Australian newspaper editor and journalist. Devine was born in the South Island city of Blenheim and started his career there aged 17 as a cadet on the ''Marlborough Express''. In 1953, Devine worked for West Australian Newspapers in Perth, contributing to the '' Western Mail''. He later worked as a foreign correspondent in New York, London and Tokyo before returning to Perth as editor of the '' Weekend News'' in 1970. In 1971, he was appointed editor-in-chief of Australian ''Reader's Digest''. After ten years, he transferred to a senior editorial position at the ''Digest'' in New York. Remaining in the United States, Devine was appointed editor at the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' by Rupert Murdoch. In 1986, he left Chicago to take on the role of editor at the ''New York Post''. In later life, Devine was a columnist and editor of ''The Australian''. He contributed a monthly column for ''Quadrant'' from 2002 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
