The ''Construction and Local Government Journal'' was a weekly publication, edited by

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and, after his death in 1928, by his widow

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, on the subject of the building, construction and local government. It was later published as the ''Construction and Real Estate Journal.''

History

The newspaper began life as the publication, ''Weekly Supplement to

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'' (18 Feb 1908 – 31 Aug. 1909); it then became ''Construction: weekly supplement to Building'' (7 Sept. 1909 – 3 Nov. 1913). It then became ''Construction and Local Government Journal'' (10 Nov. 1913 – 23 July 1930) and then ''Construction and Real Estate Journal'' (30 July 1930 – 11 May 1938) and then ''Construction'' (18 May 1938 – 16 May 1974).

Digitisation

Some of the versions of the paper have been digitised as part of the

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project hosted by the

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Bibliography

* Holden, W Sprague 1961, Australia goes to press, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. * Mayer, Henry 1964, The press in Australia, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne. * Walker, R B 1976, The newspaper press in New South Wales 1803-1920, Sydney University Press, Sydney.

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