Harry J. Stephens

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Harry James Stephens (c. 1866 – 25 August 1947) was an Australian journalist with a long career, mostly in Victoria and New South Wales agricultural districts. He was with The Farmer & Settler of Sydney for fourteen years and while editing that paper created Australia's first Country Party; later was editor of rival newspaper The Land.

History[]

He was successively editor of the Melbourne War Cry and reporter for the Launceston Daily Telegraph, then founder and editor of the Launceston Federalist; editor of the Charlton Tribune; managing editor of the Numurkah Leader; sub-editor of Sydney's Sunday Times; editor of The Farmer & Settler, Sydney 1906–1920, in 1912, with decentralisation, rural development and defence its primary concerns.;[1][2] proprietor and editor of the Ouyen Mail; founder and managing editor of the Sunraysia Daily, Mildura;[3] proprietor of the of Wentworth;[4] publicity officer for the National Party in Sydney; editor of The Land,[5] and Fruit Culture.

His last appointment was as executive of the A.B.C.'s Publicity Department.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "That Alleged Country Party". The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser. NSW. 4 July 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "The Country Party". The Leader. Orange, NSW. 7 December 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "The "Sunraysia Daily" Editor". The Mildura Cultivator. Vic. 7 July 1920. p. 14. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Mr. Harry J. Stephens". Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record. Renmark, SA. 2 December 1921. p. 24. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Personal". Murray Pioneer and Australian River Record. Renmark, SA. 12 December 1930. p. 12. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Death of Journalist Harry J. Stephens". The Times and Northern Advertiser, Peterborough, South Australia. SA. 12 September 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 16 April 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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