Geelong Advertiser
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| The Geelong Advertiser | |
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 Front page of The Geelong Advertiser |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | News Corp |
| Editor | Peter Judd |
| Founded | 1857 |
| Political allegiance | Moderate |
| Headquarters | 191 - 195 Ryrie St, Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
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| Website: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au | |
The Geelong Advertiser is a newspaper in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The newspaper is currently owned by News Corporation.
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[edit] History
The Geelong Advertiser is the oldest newspaper title in Victoria and the second oldest in Australia,[1][2] and was first published on 21 November 1840.
It was founded by James Harrison, a Scots emigrant, who had arrived in Sydney in 1837 to set up a printing press for the English company Tegg & Co. Moving to Melbourne in 1839 he found employment with John Pascoe Fawkner as a compositor and later editor on Fawkner's Port Phillip Patriot. When Fawkner acquired a new press Harrison offered him 30 pounds for the original old press to start Geelong's first newspaper. The first weekly edition of the Geelong Advertiser appeared onat 3pm Saturday 21 November 1840: edited by 'James Harrison and printed and published for John Pascoe Fawkner (sole proprietor) by William Watkins...'.
Its first editorial offered these words:
- Bring forth the press!
- When first that mighty shout was heard.
- Truth rose in radiant light ensphered.
- The Nations to address.
By November 1842 Harrison became sole owner. For the first seven years the paper was printed in demi-folio size before changing to broadsheet. In 1858 the newspaper ditched the original wooden press and adopts new typography and is printed by mechanised steam printing.
The newspaper did not feature actual news on the front page until 21 June 1924, coinciding with the inauguration of a new printing press. Before this time the front page was filled with classified advertisements.[3] Trials of a tabloid size paper were trialled during 2000, when a Sunday edition was printed for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.[4] The large broadsheet paper size was used until 2001, when the newspaper changed to the tabloid size which has been used since.[5]
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[edit] References
- ^ About The Geelong Advertiser. Geelong Advertiser website. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
- ^ Oldest newspapers still in circulation. World Association of Newspapers website. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
- ^ AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER No. 27. University of Queensland School of Journalism & Communication website (May 2004). Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
- ^ AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER No. 10. University of Queensland School of Journalism & Communication website (December 2000). Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
- ^ AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER No. 36. University of Queensland School of Journalism & Communication website (February 2006). Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
[edit] Further reading
- Don Hauser, The Printers of the Streets and Lanes Of Melbourne (1837 - 1975) Nondescript Press, Melbourne 2006
