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The St. George Call was a weekly English language newspaper published from 1904 to 1979 in the St. George and Woronora electorates of New South Wales, Australia.
History
[edit]The first issue of The St. George Call was published on Saturday, 9 January 1904.[1] The initial cost of a weekly issue was one penny.[1]
The first editorial on page 4 of the paper acknowledged the growing need within the local community for "...a representative local organ... so often expressed, and so generally felt...".[2] The hitherto lack of representation of the area in print was cited in the editorial with the community described as "...of insufficient importance for the city press."[2] Promising to comment without favour on local issues, the paper's editors aimed to "...criticise boldly whatever we consider amiss in the public affairs of our steadily progressing district".[2]
The publication ceased on 25 October 1979.[3]
Digitisation
[edit]Issues of The St. George Call from 1904 to 1957 have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "The St. George Call". Trove, National Library of Australia. 9 January 1904. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "The St. George Call". Trove, National Library of Australia. 9 January 1904. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "The St. George Call". Catalogue, State Library of New South Wales. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.