Telegraph (Brisbane)
The Telegraph was a Brisbane evening newspaper first published on 1 Oct 1872. The final edition appeared on 5 Feb 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, J.K. Hardy (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 premesis to its final home 41 Campbell Street Bowen Hills (Queensland Newspapers).
Staff
- James Cowlishaw, managing director in 1878.[3][4][5][6]
- Charles Wilmott, Assistant Messenger Overseer in the Brisbane Telegraph Office.[7]
- Nat Gould.[8]
- Frederick William Ward, editor (1916-December 1920)[9]
- Alfred Cecil Chave, journalist, 1930[10]
- Lionel Ker Strutton Hogg[11]
- Thomas William Heney (1920 to 1923)[12]
- Pendil Arthur Rayner (1928 as a cadet (cub) reporter-1943)[13]
- Sallyanne Atkinson, journalist (1960 to 1962)
- Edgar George Holt
- Ken Blanch, reporter.[14]
- Mark Hinchliffe joined as the sports sub-editor in 1981.[15]
- Peter Charlton, later the Courier-Mail's national affairs editor, was the business editor of The Courier-Mail and Brisbane Telegraph.[16]
- Lincoln Howes, now part of the 60 Minutes team, started his career at Brisbane's Telegraph.[17]
- Mitchell Murphy, now with Brisbane Times, was reporter and columnist covering covering elite level sport for both the Brisbane Telegraph and Daily Sun.[18]
- Barton Green[19]
- Harry Jefferies, Sports Editor [20]
References
- ^ a b Daily Sun, Saturday, February 6th, 1988
- ^ Queensland Press Limited history report 1975. Sourced Qld Newspapers archive library December 2008
- ^ Cowlishaw, James (1834 - 1929), Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ http://belindacohen.tripod.com/cowlishawfamily/id5.html
- ^ http://belindacohen.tripod.com/cowlishawfamily/id4.html
- ^ 23 August 1883, The Brisbane Courier
- ^ "Persons called before Queensland Government Committees". State Library of Queensland. http://fhr.slq.qld.gov.au/committees/wi.htm.
- ^ Gould, Nat, 1857-1919.
- ^ Ward, Frederick William (1847 - 1934), Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ Chave, Alfred Cecil (1905 - 1971), Australian Dictionary of Biography
- ^ 15 April 2008. "You wouldn't read about it". On Line Opinion. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7209&page=0.
- ^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Heney, Thomas William". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogHa-He.html#heney1.
- ^ Australia's Accredited Dead, by Doral Chenoweth
- ^ New light on Brisbane's most infamous murder case, ABC
- ^ Bio: Mark Hinchliffe, Courier Mail
- ^ Bio: Peter Charlton, Courier Mail
- ^ Bio: Lincoln Howes, 60 Minutes
- ^ Bio: Mitchell Murphy, Brisbane Times
- ^ Bio: Barton Green, Director
- ^ [1]
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