The Logan and Albert Bulletin was an English language newspaper published in Southport, Queensland, Australia from 1885 to 1928.
History edit
The newspaper was originally established in 1885[1] under the masthead the Southern Queensland Bulletin, a four-page weekly produced on a hand run machine in a tin shed by printer-editor P.J. McNamara.[2] There were several changes of ownership before the paper was bought by James Shepherd in 1895 and changed the title to The Logan and Albert Bulletin.[3] Shepherd was joined by W.D. Mellor in the propriety and together they launched another paper, The Beaudesert Herald in 1904.[4] By 1905 The Logan and Albert Bulletin had expanded to eight pages and was considered an old-established paper with a large circulation containing bright readable matter.[5] The paper was sold to Edward Fass, who became Southport's second mayor, in 1905.[6] Ownership of the paper continued to change over the next 50 years and it was the multi-generational contribution of the Rootes family that provided stability to the publication.[7] On 21 December 1928,[8] under the editorship of Mr Michael James O'Donohue, the newspaper changed format to a tabloid and altered its masthead for a third time to The South Coast Bulletin.[9] A fourth name change occurred on 8 May 1963 when The South Coast Bulletin became the Gold Coast Bulletin.[10]
Digitisation edit
The paper has been partially digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (1984). Sworn to no master: A history of the provincial press in Queensland to 1930. Toowoomba: Darling Downs Institute Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780909306601.
- ^ Elliott, John (1980). Southport - Surfers Paradise: An illustrated history to commemorate the Centenary of the Southport State School. Molendinar: Gold Coast Publications Pty Limited. pp. 66–67. ISBN 0959476709.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2008). Purposely parochial : 100 years of the Country Press in Queensland. Kelvin Grove: Queensland Country Press Association. p. 105. ISBN 9780646491943.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (May 2005). "Bulletin struggled early but boomed with the Gold Coast". Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association Bulletin: 56–57.
- ^ "The Queenslander". 7 October 1905. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2008). Purposely parochial : 100 years of the Country Press in Queensland. Kelvin Grove: Queensland Country Press Association. p. 105. ISBN 9780646491943.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2008). Purposely parochial : 100 years of the Country Press in Queensland. Kelvin Grove: Queensland Country Press Association. p. 105. ISBN 9780646491943.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (May 2005). "Bulletin struggled early but boomed with the Gold Coast". Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association Bulletin: 56–57.
- ^ "The South Coast Bulletin which incorporates the Logan and Albert Bulletin", The South Coast Bulletin, p. 1, 4 October 1929
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2008). Purposely parochial : 100 years of the Country Press in Queensland. Kelvin Grove: Queensland Country Press Association. p. 105. ISBN 9780646491943.