''The Children's Newspaper'' was a monthly English language newspaper published from 1899–1900 in

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. It was also known as ''The Children's Newspaper: a monthly journal for young folks'' and ''The Australian Children's Newspaper''.

History

First published on 30 January 1899, ''The Children's Newspaper'' continued for only one year, its last issue appearing on 28 January 1900. It was issued under the authority of the

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and published by W.M. Brooke & Co in Sydney. In the last issue of the paper the editor states: "''The Children's Newspaper'' has completed its trial year, and we have to announce to our numerous young readers that we cannot see our way to start another volume. The C.N. is only a comparatively small production, but small as it is, the tax on our editor's time has been too great, and even editors get wearied when they have too much work to do."

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the

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project of the

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.Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project
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References

External links

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The birth of the newspaper in Australia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Children's Newspaper (Australia), The Defunct newspapers published in New South Wales

History

Digitisation

See also

References

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