Аргус (Мельбурн)
 Офис Аргус на улице Коллинз 76, Мельбурн в 1867 году | |
| Тип | Ежедневная газета |
|---|---|
| Формат | Broadsheet , затем таблоид с 1942 года [ 1 ] |
| Основатель (ы) | Уильям Керр |
| Основан | 1846 |
| Прекращение публикации | 19 января 1957 г. |
| Бесплатные онлайн -архивы | https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/13 |
Аргус был австралийской ежедневной утренней газеткой в Мельбурне с 2 июня 1846 года по 19 января 1957 года, и считалась общей австралийской газетой рекордов в этот период. [ 2 ] Широко известный как консервативная газета для большей части своей истории, она приняла подход 1949 года. Аргуса левый Основным конкурентом Дэвида Сайма была более либерально настроенная газета «Эпоха» .
История
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Первоначально газета принадлежала Уильяму Керру, который также был городским клерком Мельбурна с 1851 по 1856 год и был журналистом в Сиднейской газете, а затем переехал в Мельбурн в 1839 году, чтобы поработать над Джона Фокнера газетой « Порт -Филип Патриот» .
The first edition was published on 2 June 1846. The paper soon became known for its scurrilous abuse and sarcasm, and by 1853, after he had lost a series of libel lawsuits, Kerr was forced to sell the paper's ownership to avoid financial ruin. The paper was then published by Edward Wilson.[3] By 1855, it had a daily circulation of 13,000.[4]
In October 1881, an afternoon edition was launched, the Evening Mail, edited by Henry Short, but this was a failure, and ceased publication in August 1882.[5] In 1883, newspaper editor and owner Richard Twopeny (1857–1919) regarded The Argus as "the best daily paper published out of England".[6] The paper become a stablemate to the weekly The Australasian, which became the Australasian Post in 1946.
During the Depression, in 1933, it launched the Melbourne Evening Star in competition with The Herald newspaper of the Herald & Weekly Times, but ended the venture in 1936 due to poor circulation figures.
The company's newspaper operations experienced severe financial losses from 1939 onwards, which would continue through the 1940s and the 1950s due to economic turmoil, increased costs of newsprint, and cut-throat competition for newspaper circulation in Melbourne.
In June 1949, The Argus was acquired by the London based Daily Mirror newspaper group and, on 28 July 1952, it became the first newspaper in the world to publish colour photographs in a daily paper. The paper also had interests in radio and, from 1956, the new medium of television, being part of the consortium General Telecasters Victoria (GTV) and its television station GTV-9 (now part of the Nine Network).
On 19 January 1957, after 110 years, seven months and 17 days, the final edition of The Argus was published. The paper was discontinued and sold to the Herald and Weekly Times group (HWT), which undertook to re-employ Argus staff and continue publication of selected features,[7] and also made an allocation of shares to the UK owners. The company's other print and broadcasting operations were unaffected.[8]
Notable editors and writers
[edit]- Julian Howard Ashton (1877–1964), English-born journalist, writer and critic
- Hugh Buggy (1896–1974), journalist/football writer
- Edward S. Cunningham (1859–1957), editor 1906–1928
- Roy Curthoys (1892–1971), editor 1929–1935
- Frances Fitzgerald Elmes (1867–1919), English-born feminist journalist
- Frederick William Haddon, (1839–1906), English-Australian sub-editor in 1863, editor 1867–1898
- Andrew Murray, editor in 1855 and 1856
- Charles Patrick Smith (1877–1963), journalist
- Edward Oxford (1822–1900), writer and attempted assassin of Queen Victoria.
- James Smith
- David Watterston
- Howard Willoughby
- Edward Wilson
- Theodosia Ada Wallace, starting about 1892 she wrote a social column under the name 'Biddy B.A.'
- Arnold Shore, art critic
- Frank Doherty, theatre critic
- George Johnston, Australian journalist, war correspondent and novelist, best known for My Brother Jack.
- Charmian Clift (30 August 1923 – 8 July 1969), Australian journalist and writer. Literary collaborator of husband George Johnston.
See also
[edit]- List of newspapers in Australia
- Argus Building
- Argus finals system, a series of systems for determining the premiers of the Victorian Football League and other Australian rules football competitions in the early 20th century
- Australasian Sketcher with Pen and Pencil
Further reading
[edit]- Don Hauser: The Printers of the Streets and Lanes of Melbourne (1837–1975), Nondescript Press, Melbourne 2006, ISBN 978-0-975-84240-9.
- Jim Usher (ed): The Argus – life and death of a newspaper, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 2008, ISBN 1-74097-143-4.
References
[edit]- ^ "Argus". Paper World. 2014.
- ^ Hirst, John; Suter, Geraldine, eds. (2012). "Index to the Melbourne Argus newspaper (for the period 1870–1889)". La Trobe University. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Three original proprietors Archived 23 February 2024 at the Wayback Machine The Argus, 9 September 1926, at Trove
- ^ Selby, Isaac (1924). The Old Pioneers' Memorial History of Melbourne (First ed.). Melbourne: The Old Pioneers’ Memorial Fund. p. 192.
- ^ "Эпитафия" . Возраст . № 8589. Виктория, Австралия. 26 августа 1882 г. с. 4. Архивировано из оригинала 23 февраля 2024 года . Получено 28 декабря 2021 года - через Национальную библиотеку Австралии.
- ^ Рен Тупени, городская жизнь в Австралии , Лондон, Элиот Сток, 1883, с. 222
- ^ Сообщение читателям Argus от Sun News-Pictorial Archived 23 февраля 2024 года на машине Wayback The Argus , финальное издание, 19 января 1957 года в Trove
- ^ Ваш последний аргус архивировал 23 февраля 2024 года в The Wayback Machine The Argus , 19 января 1957 года, в Trove
Внешние ссылки
[ редактировать ]- Мельбурн Аргус (Vic.: 1846 - 1848) в Trove
- Аргус (Мельбурн, Вик.: 1848 - 1957) в Trove
- Аргус : Специальное военное издание - 1 мая 1915 г.
- Оцифровали викторианские газеты Первой мировой войны из Государственной библиотеки Виктории