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 diversity in dealing with domestic and foreign news as well as featuring essays on literature, science and invention.[2]
History
The first issue of the Australian Town and Country Journal was published on 8 January 1870 and 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
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[3][4][5]
See also
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External links
- Australian Town and Country Journal (NSW : 1870 - 1907) at Trove Digitised newspapers and more
- 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
- 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
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