''The Catholic Leader'', originally ''The Catholic Age'', then ''The Age'', is a newspaper published in

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from 1892, and is the official organ of the

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. The Archdiocese of Brisbane says the newspaper is "Australia’s longest serving Catholic newspaper".

History

''The Catholic Age'' began publication in 1892, and was renamed ''The Catholic Leader'' in 1929. Neither title has been digitized by the

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for access using

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. The earliest mention of ''The Age'' in its mainstream Brisbane contemporaries was in 1903 "What is it about Janny Leahy?" One of its journalists, P. J. Henry, became editor of the ''Charleville Guardian'' in 1912. The change of name to "The Leader" followed closely on the appointment of P. J. Dillon as editor in 1928.

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