Swan Express

The Swan Express
Founder(s) Frederick Davis
Founded 1900
Language English
Ceased publication 1979
Country Australia
City Midland Junction

The Swan Express was a weekly English language newspaper published in Midland, Western Australia.

History

The Swan Express was published from 1 December 1900 until 8 November 1979. It was printed by William Heller at 184 Barrack St, Perth, and published at The Crescent, Midland Junction.[1]

It was established by Frederick Davis, who had previously worked as the second in charge at The Sunday Chronicle.[2] Davis owned and edited the newspaper for 8 and a half years before he sold the business to Herbert James Lambert, who took control on Monday 3 April 1909.[3] Lambert was an experienced journalist and had previously worked as sub-editor at the Morning Herald.[3]

During World War I, Lambert ran the soldiers' camp newspaper, Camp Chronicle: the soldier's paper, and he later went on to become editor of The West Australian.[4]

Camp Chronicle was published at Blackboy Hill army camp, recording the day to day events of the camp. The newspaper contained personal paragraphs, anecdotes and matters pertaining to the life of a soldier.[5]

The weekly newspaper served the eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia, including Midland (then known as Midland Junction), which in 1900 was a major railway junction.

Availability

Issues of The Swan Express (1900 - 1954) and the Camp Chronicle (1915 - 1918) have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program[6] (ANDP), of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia.

Microfilm and hard copies of The Swan Express[1][7] and the Camp Chronicle[8][9] are also available at the State Library of Western Australia.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Swan Express". State Library of Western Australia catalogue. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Battye, James Sykes (1985). The Cyclopedia of Western Australia Vol. 1. Carlisle: Hesperian Press. p. 326. ISBN 0859050734.
  3. 1 2 "OURSELVES.". The Swan Express (Midland Junction, WA : 1900 - 1954) (Midland Junction, WA: National Library of Australia). 3 April 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pertinent Paragraphs.". Mirror (Perth, WA : 1921 - 1956) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 10 August 1929. p. 11. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "The "Camp Chronicle.".". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 4 August 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Swan Express [microform]". State Library of Western Australia catalogue. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Camp Chronicle [microform]". State Library of Western Australia catalogue. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Camp Chronicle: the soldier's paper". State Library of Western Australia catalogue. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

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