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Patrick Joseph Macnamara was the first proprietor and editor of the Southern Queensland Bulletin. ‘While developing his newspaper and printery, Macnamara became involved in community affairs. In 1888 Macnamara stood unsuccessfully for the newly created Queensland electorate of Albert and waged his campaign through the columns of the Bulletin. In 1891 he was elected to the Southport Shire Council and in 1892 became its president. There are no extant files showing when Macnamara’s proprietorship of the paper ended, but he – with wife Isabella and their six children – joined the ill-fated expedition in 1893 to establish a New Australia in Paraguay.

Macnamara died in 1915, aged 69 years, following a sulky accident.

Major source: Kirkpatrick, Rod. ‘Bulletin Struggled Early but Boomed with the Gold Coast.’ PANPA Bulletin (May 2005): 56-57.

Sighted: 29/10/2013