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The ''Cairns Argus'', from 1911 onward Cairns Daily Argus, was a newspaper published from 1888 to 1918 in Cairns,
The ''Cairns Argus'', from 1911 onward Cairns Daily Argus, was a newspaper published from 1888 to 1918 in Cairns, 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
, established_ ...
, Australia.
History
The newspaper was founded in 1888 by William Graham Henderson (1864, Edinburgh, Scotland - 1943,Atherton, Queensland
Atherton is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Atherton had a population of 7,331 people.
Geography
Atherton is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland.
Atherton is joined by the G ...
). Thereafter it had a succession of owners. The Argus was published biweekly and three times weekly and from 1911 daily. In July 1918 the Council of Cairns made available advise from the publishers of the Cairns Times, a publication close to the labour movement, that they were taking over the Argus and forthwith coming out as a daily paper. The Times in turn would in be absorbed by the Cairns Post
''The Cairns Post'' is a major News Corporation newspaper in Far North Queensland, Australia, that exclusively serves the Cairns area. It has daily coverage on local, state, national and world news, plus a wide range of sections and liftouts c ...
in December 1935.
Alfred Stephens was editor and part-owner from 1891 to 1893. C. J. Fox
Charles James Fox (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806), styled ''The Honourable'' from 1762, was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was the arch-riv ...
was editor from May 1899 to February 1903, when he suffered a fall and died in Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 30 ...
hospital a week later.
References
{{reflist Defunct newspapers published in Queensland Cairns, Queensland