''The Queenslander'' was the weekly summary and literary edition of the ''
Brisbane Courier'', the leading journal in the colony—and later, federal state—of
Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
since the 1850s. ''The Queenslander'' was launched by the
Brisbane Newspaper Company in 1866, and discontinued in 1939.
History
''The Queenslander'' was first published on 3 February 1866 in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ...
by
Thomas Blacket Stephens. The last edition was printed on 22 February 1939.
In a country the size of Australia, a daily newspaper of some prominence could only reach the bush and outlying districts if it also published a weekly edition. Yet ''The Queenslander'', under the managing editorship of
Gresley Lukin—managing editor from November 1873 until December 1880—also came to find additional use as a literary magazine.
In September 1919, a series of aerial photographs of Brisbane and its surrounding suburbs were published under the title, ''Brisbane By Air''. The photographs were taken by the newspaper's photographer, Frederick William Thiel and were promoted as the first photographs taken of Brisbane from an aeroplane.
The paper has been digitised as part of the
Australian Newspapers Digitisation Project by the
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "mainta ...
.
See also
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List of newspapers in Australia
Footnotes
External links
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Discover The Queenslander
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1866 establishments in Australia
1939 disestablishments in Australia
Defunct newspapers published in Queensland
Newspapers on Trove
Newspapers published in Brisbane
Publications disestablished in 1939
Newspapers established in 1866