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Type of Media
Newspapers
Access for Researchers
By appointment
Content Summary
- Equivalent of about sixty boxes of research material relating to newspapers in Australia since 1803:
- research and other notes in connection with books and articles written
- transcripts of nearly 150 interviews conducted in connection with publications and notes arising from them; cassettes or digital audio files of many of these
- notes and documents to do with "Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter", 2000-present
- material connected to regular articles for publications, such as "PANPA Bulletin", "Australian Printer", "gxpress"
- photographs of country newspaper offices and people
Comments
Rod Kirkpatrick is a media historian who has published numerous books and journal (and other) articles on the history of the press in different parts of Australia. He has been the editor of the "Australian Newspaper History Group Newsletter" since 2000.
Newsletters of the group since it was set up in 1999 are available on the Australian Media History Database website - http://www.amhd.info/anhg/index.php
Keywords
Rod Kirkpatrick, country press, regional newspapers, Australian Newspaper History Group, research, interviews, newsletter
Contact Name
Mr Rod Kirkpatrick
Address
38 Gingham St, Glenella, Qld 4740
Phone and Fax
Ph +61 (7) 4942 7005. Mobile +61 (0) 400 031 614
rkhistory3@bigpond.com
Website Link 1
http://www.amhd.info/anhg/index.php
Website Link 2
Affiliation Notes
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This record is included in AustLit because it forms part of the Media Archives Project. AustLit does not comprehensively cover Australian Archives.