Australian Town and Country Journal
Australian Town and Country Journal was a weekly English language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, from 1870 to 1919. The paper was founded by Samuel Bennett[1] with his intention for it to be "valuable to everybody for its great amount of useful and reliable information".[2]
The paper was known for its range of topics, dealing with domestic and foreign news as well as featuring essays on literature, science and invention.[2]
History
editThe first issue of the Australian Town and Country Journal was published on 8 January 1870. The Journal ran until 25 June 1919. After 2 June 1878, when Samuel Bennett died, publication of the paper was taken over by his sons, Frank and Christopher.[2]
Digitisation
editThe paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[3][4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Australian Town & Country Journal". National Library Digitisation Project. Retrieved 28 November 2012. The page heading identifies the journal's life as 1870-1907, but the period "Jan. 8, 1870-June 25, 1919" appears in the text.
- ^ a b c Bryce, Merilyn J. "Bennett, Samuel (1815–1878)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ Brown, Jerelynn (2011). "Tabloids in the State Library of NSW collection: A reflection of life in Australia". Australian Journal of Communication. 38 (2): 107–121.
External links
edit- Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) at Trove
- Press timeline: Select chronology of significant Australian press events to 2011 http://www.nla.gov.au/anplan/heritage/NewspaperChronology.html
- The birth of the newspaper in Australia http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/birth-of-the-newspaper Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Australian Newspaper History: A Bibliography http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:9521/anb_rk.pdf
- Australian Town and Country introduces 'The Dawn' http://digitisethedawn.org/australian-town-and-country-introduces-dawn