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y separately published work icon The Sydney Mail newspaper  
Alternative title: The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser
Date: 1905-1938
Date: 1895-1905
Date: 1884-1888
Date: 1879-1884
Date: 1878
Date: 1870-1878
Issue Details: First known date: 1860-1938... 1860-1938 The Sydney Mail
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'[The] Sydney Mail, the weekly companion to the Sydney Morning Herald, was published 1860-1938. Like its rival the Australian Town and Country Journal, it was popular with both country and city readers, and combined general news with agricultural, pastoral, mining, sporting and literary features and included illustrations.'

Source: William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, Barry Andrews, The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature (1994): 734.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Many issues of The Sydney Mail, particularly for the period from the 1860s to the 1930s, are available in digitised format via the Google News site: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=w_ORaKkuc5QC

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Gone to Blazes?: Henry Kendall's Unsigned Newspaper Contributions and His Part in 'The Meddler' Michael Ackland , 1996 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin , First Quarter, vol. 20 no. 1 1996; (p. 31-44)
Untitled Elsie Bohning , 1990 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Elsie Bohning : The Little Bush Maid 1990; (p. 1)
Young Elsie writes excitedly to her parents, who were spending time in Darwin away from the family farm, about having a letter published, and about Christmas preparations, cooking and the daily happenings at home on the farm.
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'Colonial Literature for Colonial Readers!' Pauline Kirk , 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 5 no. 2 1971; (p. 133-145)
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y separately published work icon A Century of Journalism : The Sydney Morning Herald and its Record of Australian Life, 1831-1931 Sydney : J. Fairfax and Sons , 1931 Z1791153 1931 single work prose 'The Sydney Morning Herald is the first Australian journal to reach its centenary, which it does on April 18, 1931...We therefore present to our readers the story of The Sydney Morning Herald, from its birth to the present time. We tell of its origin and early days, and of the origin and history of the firm of John Fairfax & Sons which for so long has carried it on. We give...an account of the Herald's record of Australian life over a period of great changes, and of astounding growth; in short, over the period of the rise of the Australian nation from infancy to manhood. Such a record, traced in the files of a great daily journal, it is hard to surpass either for comprehensive accuracy or for picturesqueness and intimacy. And finally we deal with the Herald of to-day; its achievements, its status, and its method of work.' (Source: Foreword)
Untitled Elsie Bohning , 1990 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Elsie Bohning : The Little Bush Maid 1990; (p. 1)
Young Elsie writes excitedly to her parents, who were spending time in Darwin away from the family farm, about having a letter published, and about Christmas preparations, cooking and the daily happenings at home on the farm.
'Colonial Literature for Colonial Readers!' Pauline Kirk , 1971 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 5 no. 2 1971; (p. 133-145)
Gone to Blazes?: Henry Kendall's Unsigned Newspaper Contributions and His Part in 'The Meddler' Michael Ackland , 1996 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand Bulletin , First Quarter, vol. 20 no. 1 1996; (p. 31-44)
y separately published work icon Company of Heralds : A Century and a Half of Australian Publishing by John Fairfax Limited and Its Predecessors 1831-1981 Gavin Souter , Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1981 Z489028 1981 single work criticism

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Subtitle:
'New South Wales Advertiser'
Frequency:
Weekly
Range:
Vol. 1 no. 1 (7 July 1860) - vol. 54 no. 1396 (28 December 1938)
Mergers:
Incorporates The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List (1844-1860)
Mergers:
Incorporated into The Home (1939- ?)
Note:
Titled The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser from vol. 12, no. 557 (4 March 1871) - vol. 93, no. 2629 (27 March 1912)

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