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Alternative title: Queensland Figaro : Titbits of Everyday about Everybody and Everything, with a Peep at Society, Science, Sport and the Drama; Queensland Figaro and Punch; The Queensland Figaro : The Journal of Society
Date: 1883-1906 Note: Various editors until 1936
Issue Details: First known date: 1883-1936... 1883-1936 Queensland Figaro
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'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

First known date: 1883
Notes:
Proprietor, publisher and printer vary.
Notes:
Printed by Warwick and Sapsford, January 1883 - December 1906.
    • Brisbane, Queensland,: Gordon and Gotch , 1883-1885 .
      Printed by Warwick and Sapsford
      Link: 6522452Web Resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed for the Proprietor (J. Edgar Byrne) by Warwick & Sapsford, at their Steam Printing Works, Eagle Street, Brisbane. Publishers: Gordon and Gotch, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and London.' (Colophon, 6 January 1883: 14)
      • Digitised issues available for the period 6 January 1883 to 27 June 1885. (Correct as of 15 October 2013.)
    • Brisbane, Queensland,: J. Edgar Byrne , 1885-1889 .
      Printed by Warwick and Sapsford
      Link: 6522576Web Resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed by Warwick & Sapsford, at their Steam Printing Works, Eagle street, Brisbane, for the Proprietor and Publisher, J. Edgar Byrne, Figaro Office, Elizabeth street, Brisbane.' (Colophon, 4 July 1885: 40)
      • Digitised issues available for the period 4 July 1885 to 2 November 1889. (Correct as of 15 October 2013.)
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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
Last amended 15 Nov 2013 14:17:33
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