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'Original articles on local and topical subjects, short pieces of social and political comment, sporting gossip, occasional theatrical notes, light humorous and satirical verse and cartoons.'
Source: Stuart, Lurline Australian Periodicals with Literary Content, 1821-1925: An Annotated Bibliography. Australian Scholarly Pub, Melbourne, 2003.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
ISSN:
2200-8446
Subtitle:
Titbits of Everyday about Everybody and Everything, with a Peep at Society, Science, Sport and the Drama
Frequency:
Weekly (Friday)
Price:
3d (1883) ; 6d (1885-1902) ; reduced to 1d (1902)
Graphics:
illus.
Note:
Motto: 'Fear God; Speak evil of none; Stick to the Truth; and never be done.'
Note:
Queensland Figaro January 1883 - March 1894 ; Queensland Figaro and Punch until August 1894 ; Figaro : An Ultruistic Journal until [1902?] ; Queensland Figaro until October 1936; subtitle changed to The Journal of Society from 10 May 1930
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