User talk:Tobalwin

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[edit] History of Cairns, Queensland

Greetings! Great work on History of Cairns, Queensland. I have gone through and wikified as much as I could, and added some redlinks to articles that I think will be added in the future. Once again, great work! - Fosnez 04:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the help.tobalwin 21:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] The Cairns Post

I am also the author of The Cairns Post article. In the History of Cairns page (specifically this part) it says that The Cairns Post was founded in 1909, but on some other sites (such as this one and this one) they say "As the oldest continuous business in Cairns, we have over 120 years experience to providing excellence in journalism and value for readers."

The microfilm record for the present day Cairns Post shows it commenced publishing, under the current name and masthead logo, on July 5 1909. Confusing the historical record the editor at the time appropriated the copy number of the previous "Cairns Morning Post" newspaper which used the same premises and equipment so that the first issue of this second version of a paper called "The Cairns Post" is described as issue #484 carrying on from the last "Cairns Morning Post" issue #483.

The implication that "The Cairns Post" in its present form has been published continuously for over 120 years is definitely incorrect. They may have had over 120 years of experience in journalism in that location but not solely under the name "The Cairns Post". There was an earlier, politically unrelated paper also called "The Cairns Post" published between 17.5.1883 and 20.5.1893 as well as the newspapers "Cairns Daily Argus", "Cairns Daily Times', "Cairns Argus incorporating the Cairns Post", "Morning Post" and "Cairns Morning Post" sometimes publised in the same building, sometimes not, with many historical contradictions about when each paper started and ceased business,even the number of papers to a volume for some years of certain papers varies without notice. The situation only becomes definite with the July 5 1909 "Cairns Post" [see Rod Kirkpatrick "The first Cairns Post 1883-1893" CHS bulletins #282#283 June/July 1983 and "North Queensland Newspapers: A Select List of Sources" by the library of James Cook University of North Queensland 1990].

I added "commenced business, under the current masthead logo," + a mention of the first paper to the "History of Cairns" section about "The Cairns Post". tobalwin 01:14, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Are you able to expand the The Cairns Post article with the info about Decades of false starts, blatant political attacks and a situation where sometimes four local newspapers? Thanks - Fosnez 03:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

I deleted the section quoted as I agree the present wording does require explanation and this means considerable description of the multiple libel and counter libel suits, closures, equipment seizures, etc that went on in the early days of local press, all detail well beyond the focus of this basic overview article. tobalwin 01:14, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up for me - Fosnez 12:16, 7 May 2007 (UTC)