Telegraph (Brisbane)
The Telegraph was an evening newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first published on 1 October 1872 and its final edition appeared on 5 February 1988. In its day it was recognised as one of the best news pictorial newspapers in the country.[1] Its Pink Sports edition (printed distinctively on pink newsprint and sold on Brisbane streets from about 6pm on Saturdays) was a particularly excellent production produced under tight deadlines. It included results and pictures of Brisbane's Saturday afternoon sports including the results of the last horse race of the day.
History[]
In 1871 a group of local businessmen, Robert Armour, John Killeen Handy (M.L.A for Brisbane), John Warde, John Burns, J.D. Heale & J.K. Buchanan formed the Telegraph Newspaper Co. Ltd. The Editor was Theophilus Parsons Pugh, a former editor of the Brisbane Courier and founder of Pugh's Almanac.[2] The first edition of the newspaper had just four pages and a print run of only 200 copies.[1] In 1963 it moved from its 93 Queen Street premises[3] to its final home in 41 Campbell Street, Bowen Hills (Queensland Newspapers).
Digitisation[]
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[4][5]
Notable staff[]
- Sallyanne Atkinson, journalist (1960 to 1962)
- , reporter[6]
- , later the Courier-Mail's national affairs editor, was the business editor of The Courier-Mail and Brisbane Telegraph.[7]
- James Cowlishaw, managing director in 1878.[8][9][10][11]
- , journalist, 1930[12]
- Nat Gould[13]
- Barton Green[14]
- Patrick Hamilton, 1998 Walkley Award winning photojournalist[15]
- Thomas William Heney (1920 to 1923)[16]
- Mark Hinchliffe joined as the sports sub-editor in 1981.[17]
- Hector Holthouse, journalist
- Lionel Ker Strutton Hogg[18]
- Edgar George Holt
- Lincoln Howes, now part of the 60 Minutes team, started his career at Brisbane's Telegraph[19]
- Harry Jefferies, Sports Editor[20]
- Chris Mitchell, cadet journalist at the Telegraph, later editor-in-chief of The Australian (2002-2015)[21]
- Mitchell Murphy, now with Brisbane Times, was reporter and columnist covering elite level sport for both the Brisbane Telegraph and Daily Sun.[22]
- (1928 as a cadet (cub) reporter – 1943)[23]
- Kevin Sinclair, reporter, 1962
- Frederick William Ward, editor (1916 – December 1920)[24]
- , Assistant Messenger Overseer in the Brisbane Telegraph Office.[25]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Daily Sun, Saturday, 6 February 1988
- ^ Queensland Press Limited history report 1975. Sourced Qld Newspapers archive library December 2008
- ^ "Masthead". Brisbane Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 1 January 1954. p. 1 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 7 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". Trove. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "New light on Brisbane's most infamous murder case". ABC News. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "Bio: Peter Charlton" Archived 28 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Courier Mail
- ^ "Cowlishaw, James (1834 - 1929)" Archived 3 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ "James Cowlishaw". belindacohen.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Thomas Cowlishaw". belindacohen.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ 23 August 1883 Archived 16 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Brisbane Courier
- ^ "Chave, Alfred Cecil (1905 - 1971)" Archived 30 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ "Gould, Nat, 1857-1919." lib.monash.edu.au. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ ""Bio: Barton Green, Director"". Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Walkley Winners Archive". The Walkley Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Heney, Thomas William". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
- ^ "Bio: Mark Hinchliffe" Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Courier Mail
- ^ Lionel Hogg (15 April 2008). "You wouldn't read about it". On Line Opinion. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008.
- ^ "Bio: Lincoln Howes" Archived 15 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, 60 Minutes
- ^ "Home - Redcliffe Dolphins". Redcliffe Dolphins. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Davidson, Darren (2 December 2015). "Chris Mitchell retires, Paul Whittaker new editor-in-chief of The Australian". The Australian. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "Bio: Mitchell Murphy" Archived 24 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Brisbane Times
- ^ Australia's Accredited Dead Archived 5 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, by Doral Chenoweth
- ^ "Ward, Frederick William (1847 - 1934)" Archived 7 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ "Persons called before Queensland Government Committees". State Library of Queensland. Archived from the original on 27 September 2008.
External links[]
- "The Telegraph". The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 1 January 1901. p. 13.
- Brisbane Telegraph, NLA
- Brisbane Telegraph (microform), NLA
- Telegraph, Brisbane memories wiki, Griffith University.
- The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947) at Trove
Photos[]
- Newspapers on Trove
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- Newspapers published in Brisbane
- Publications established in 1872
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- 1872 establishments in Australia
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