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Australia's first Sunday paper, pioneered by W. H. Leighton Bailey.
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A launch party was held on 14 November 1885 'at the new offices of the Globe and Sunday Times, King-street, when the new machinery was formally started "on its mission of progress and enlightenment" by the Mayor (Alderman Playfair), after which the party adjourned to luncheon.'
Source: '[Untitled].' The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser 7 Nov 1885: 3.
Sighted: 11/11/2013
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
Frequency:
Weekly (Sundays at 8.00am)
Range:
15 November 1885 issue - no. 2389 (1 June 1930)
Size:
61cm
Graphics:
illus.
Has serialised
- Fugitives from Fortune, single work novel young adult
- In a Sunny Land, single work novel
- Seven Episodes, sequence short story
Last amended 5 Nov 2014 13:33:29
