The Children's Newspaper (Australia)

This article is about The Children's Newspaper, published in New South Wales, Australia. For the British newspaper, see The Children's Newspaper.

The Children's Newspaper was a monthly English language newspaper published from 1899-1900 in New South Wales, Australia. It was also known as The Children's Newspaper: a monthly journal for young folks and The Australian Children's Newspaper.[1]

Cover page of The Children's Newspaper 30 January 1899

History

First published on 30 January 1899, The Children's Newspaper continued for only one year, its last issue appearing on 28 January 1900. It was issued under the authority of the New South Wales Department of Education and published by W.M. Brooke & Co in Sydney. The paper was edited by Thomas Stanley Hepworth who also edited the "ABC Children's hour annual" - the publication of the Argonauts Club.[2]

In the last issue of the paper the editor states: "The Children's Newspaper has completed its trial year, and we have to announce to our numerous young readers that we cannot see our way to start another volume. The C.N. is only a comparatively small production, but small as it is, the tax on our editor's time has been too great, and even editors get wearied when they have too much work to do."[3]

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program (ANDP) project of the National Library of Australia.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. "The Australian Children's Newspaper". Australian Newspaper Digitisation Project. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. John Arnold, John A. & Hay, Sally Batten, ed. (2001). The Bibliography Of Australian Literature: F - J, To 2000. University of Queensland Press. p. 416. ISBN 0702235008.
  3. "Our Last Issue". The Children's Newspaper 1 (12): 143. 28 January 1900. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  4. Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project
  5. Brown, Jerelynn (2011). "Tabloids in the State Library of NSW collection: A reflection of life in Australia". Australian Journal of Communication 38 (2): 107–121.

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