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y separately published work icon Townsville Daily Bulletin newspaper  
Note: 1942-1974
Note: 1911-1941
Note: 1881-1910
Issue Details: First known date: 1881... 1881 Townsville Daily Bulletin
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The Townsville Daily Bulletin was founded in 1881 by Edward Rhode, John Kiley Mehan and D. S. Clarke. Clarke also served as editor for the first 30 years. Initially titled The Townsville Bulletin, it changed from a bi-weekly to a tri-weekly in 1882, before becoming Townsville's first daily newspaper on 1 January 1883. From 7 July 1883 the paper also published a weekly edition under the name of The North Queensland Bulletin. After the merger with The Townsville Herald on 30 September 1884, the title of the weekly edition changed to The Townsville Herald then The North Queensland Herald until it ceased publication in 1911.

The daily edition of The Townsville Daily Bulletin continued publication until 1984, when the name changed to The Townsville Bulletin.

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First known date: 1881
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y separately published work icon The Townsville Herald The Townsville Herald and North Queensland Advertiser W. Sigerson (editor), Reginald Spencer Browne (editor), Francis H. Nixon (editor), William Stedman (editor), Archibald Meston (editor), 1876 Townsville : James McManus and Thomas Williams , 1876 Z1469052 1876 newspaper (12 issues)

The Townsville Herald resulted from the merger of The Cleveland Bay Express with The Townsville Times in August 1876. Initially co-owned by James McManus, formerly of the Times, and Thomas Williams, formerly of the Express, McManus became sole proprietor from 1 December 1876. In September 1884, the Herald was purchased, along with The Townsville Daily Bulletin and The North Queensland Bulletin, by a limited liability company. The North Queensland Bulletin was incorporated into the Herald, which became the weekly edition of the Townsville Daily Bulletin until it was replaced by The North Queensland Herald in 1891.

In 1880 the Sydney Bulletin commented on the high turn-over of editors at The Townsville Herald, reaching thirteen in a two year period.
y separately published work icon The North Queensland Bulletin 1883 Townsville : North Queensland Newspaper Company , 1883-1884 Z1490400 1883 newspaper The North Queensland Bulletin was the weekly edition of The Townsville Daily Bulletin from 7 July 1883. Upon merger on 30 September 1884, it was replaced as the weekly edition by The Townsville Herald.
y separately published work icon The Townsville Evening Star Edward Dresser (editor), W. R. Stirling (editor), John Percival Jackson (editor), Alexander Hazlett Hunter (editor), Allen Irving Yeatman (editor), Fred R. Brown (editor), 1889 Townsville : George Bellingham Augustis Winniett Edward Rhode , 1889-1891 Z1097413 1889 newspaper (5 issues)
y separately published work icon The North Queensland Herald 1891 Townsville : Dodd Smith Clarke , 1891-1911 Z1474848 1891 newspaper (61 issues) Previously The Townsville Herald, The North Queensland Herald was published weekly between 1891 and 1911, when it was absorbed by The North Queensland Register.
y separately published work icon Townsville Bulletin Townsville : North Queensland Newspaper Company , 1984- Z1268010 1984- newspaper (15 issues)
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y separately published work icon Some North Queensland Creative Writing and Belles Lettres Marie Anne Sherriff , Townsville : James Cook University of North Queensland , 1970 Z1101016 1970 single work thesis An annotated bibliography culled from The Townsville Daily Bulletin and The North Queensland Register, December 1911 to December 1914. The entries are arranged chronologically under the headings of Prose Non-Fiction, Prose Fiction, and Verse.
David Green George Barrymore , 1941 single work column
— Appears in: The Northern Miner , 27 November 1941;
y separately published work icon Some North Queensland Creative Writing and Belles Lettres Marie Anne Sherriff , Townsville : James Cook University of North Queensland , 1970 Z1101016 1970 single work thesis An annotated bibliography culled from The Townsville Daily Bulletin and The North Queensland Register, December 1911 to December 1914. The entries are arranged chronologically under the headings of Prose Non-Fiction, Prose Fiction, and Verse.
David Green George Barrymore , 1941 single work column
— Appears in: The Northern Miner , 27 November 1941;
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 0815-9726
Frequency:
Bi-weekly (1881) ; tri-weekly (1882) ; daily (1 January 1883- )
Range:
5 September 1881 - 24 March 1984
Continued by:
The Townsville Bulletin
Mergers:

Merged with The Townsville Herald on 30 September 1884

Incorporated The Townsville Evening Star in 1940

Supplement:
'Townsville Daily Bulletin Centenary, 1881-1981: A Supplement to Commemorate 100 Years of History Written Day by Day'
Price:
Original price: 3d (bi-weekly) ; later, 1d (daily)

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Lucky After All, June Eversleigh , single work novella

The story of a young girl coming to terms with the value of a loving family despite their comparative poverty.
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