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The Telegraph (Brisbane)

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The Telegraph was an evening newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first published on 1 October 1872 and its final edition appeared on 5 February 1988. In its day it was recognised as one of the best news pictorial newspapers in the country.Daily Sun, Saturday, 6 February 1988 Its Pink Sports edition (printed distinctively on pink newsprint and sold on Brisbane streets from about 6 pm on Saturdays) was a particularly excellent production produced under tight deadlines. It included results and pictures of Brisbane's Saturday afternoon sports including the results of the last horse race of the day.

History

In 1871 a group of local businessmen, Robert Armour, John Killeen Handy (M.L.A. for Brisbane), John Warde, John Burns, J. D. Heale and J. K. Buchanan formed the Telegraph Newspaper Co. Ltd. The editor was Theophilus Parsons Pugh, a former editor of the Brisbane Courier and founder of Pugh's Almanac.Queensland Press Limited history report 1975. Sourced Qld Newspapers archive library December 2008

The first edition of the newspaper had just four pages and a print run of only 200 copies. In 1963 it moved from its 93 Queen Street premises{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page23826703|title=Masthead|date=1 January 1954|location=Queensland, Australia|page=1 (LAST RACE)|via=National Library of Australia|newspaper=Brisbane Telegraph|access-date=7 July 2017}} to its final home in 41 Campbell Street, Bowen Hills (Queensland Newspapers).

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.{{cite web|title=Newspaper and magazine titles|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/about|publisher=Trove|access-date=9 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229052042/http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/about|archive-date=29 February 2016}}{{cite web|title=Newspaper Digitisation Program|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|publisher=Trove|access-date=9 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702090621/http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|archive-date=2 July 2015}}

== Notable staff ==

  • Sallyanne Atkinson, journalist (1960 to 1962)
  • Ken Blanch, reporter{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s1889109.htm|title=New light on Brisbane's most infamous murder case|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105200647/http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s1889109.htm |archive-date=5 January 2010 |work=ABC News|access-date=16 May 2018}}
  • Peter Charlton, later the Courier-Mail{{'}}s national affairs editor, was the business editor of The Courier-Mail and Brisbane Telegraph.[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/extras/oq/book11main.html "Bio: Peter Charlton"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080728002541/http://news.com.au/couriermail/extras/oq/book11main.html |date=28 July 2008 }}, Courier Mail
  • James Cowlishaw, managing director in 1878.[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030446b.htm "Cowlishaw, James (1834–1929)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803215409/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030446b.htm |date=3 August 2008 }}, Australian Dictionary of Biography{{cite web|url=http://belindacohen.tripod.com/cowlishawfamily/id5.html|title=James Cowlishaw|website=belindacohen.tripod.com|access-date=22 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172500/http://belindacohen.tripod.com/cowlishawfamily/id5.html |archive-date=21 July 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://belindacohen.tripod.com/cowlishawfamily/id4.html|title=Thomas Cowlishaw|website=belindacohen.tripod.com|access-date=22 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172524/http://belindacohen.tripod.com/cowlishawfamily/id4.html |archive-date=21 July 2011}}[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3421222?searchTerm=%22Telegraph+Newspaper+Company%22 23 August 1883] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316204001/http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3421222?searchTerm=%22Telegraph+Newspaper+Company%22 |date=16 March 2016 }}, The Brisbane Courier
  • Alfred Cecil Chave, journalist, 1930[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130458b.htm "Chave, Alfred Cecil (1905–1971)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730192355/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130458b.htm |date=30 July 2008 }}, Australian Dictionary of Biography
  • Nat Gould{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/exhibitions/sport/virtual/photos/photo24.html|title=Gould, Nat, 1857-1919..|website=lib.monash.edu.au|access-date=22 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330040707/http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/exhibitions/sport/virtual/photos/photo24.html|archive-date=30 March 2012}}
  • Barton Green{{cite web|url=http://www.threeplus.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=298|title='Bio: Barton Green, Director'|access-date=22 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722061710/http://www.threeplus.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=298|archive-date=22 July 2008}}
  • Patrick Hamilton, 1998 Walkley Award winning photojournalist{{Cite web|url = http://www.walkleys.com/awards/walkley-winners-archive/|title = Walkley Winners Archive|access-date = 5 January 2016|publisher = The Walkley Foundation|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208233626/http://www.walkleys.com/awards/walkley-winners-archive/|archive-date = 8 December 2015}}
  • Thomas William Heney (1920 to 1923){{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Thomas William|Last=Heney|shortlink=0-dict-biogHa-He.html#heney1}}
  • Mark Hinchliffe joined as the sports sub-editor in 1981.[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/author/0,23829,5000500-5003428,00.html "Bio: Mark Hinchliffe"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122211540/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/author/0,23829,5000500-5003428,00.html |date=22 January 2009 }}, Courier Mail
  • Hector Holthouse, journalist
  • Lionel Ker Strutton Hogg{{cite web | url = http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7209&page=0 | title = You wouldn't read about it | author = Lionel Hogg | date = 15 April 2008 | publisher = On Line Opinion | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080820003554/http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7209&page=0 | archive-date = 20 August 2008}}
  • Edgar George Holt
  • Lincoln Howes, now part of the 60 Minutes team, started his career at Brisbane's Telegraph[http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/section.aspx?sectionid=5555§ionname=meettheteam "Bio: Lincoln Howes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915211446/http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/section.aspx?sectionid=5555§ionname=meettheteam |date=15 September 2008 }}, 60 Minutes
  • Harry Jefferies, Sports Editor{{cite web|url=http://www.redcliffedolphins.com.au/index.php?id=2896|title=Home - Redcliffe Dolphins|website=Redcliffe Dolphins|access-date=24 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204238/http://www.redcliffedolphins.com.au/index.php?id=2896|archive-date=3 March 2016}}
  • Chris Mitchell, cadet journalist at the Telegraph, later editor-in-chief of The Australian (2002–2015){{cite news|last1 = Davidson|first1 = Darren|title = Chris Mitchell retires, Paul Whittaker new editor-in-chief of The Australian|url = http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/chris-mitchell-retires-paul-whittaker-new-editorinchief-of-the-australian/news-story/8c45d5d8846a26577d8d39d39f940ccd|access-date = 4 January 2016|work = The Australian|date = 2 December 2015}}
  • Mitchell Murphy, now with Brisbane Times, was reporter and columnist covering elite level sport for both the Brisbane Telegraph and Daily Sun.[http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/about-us/mitchell-murphy/ "Bio: Mitchell Murphy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924061623/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/about-us/mitchell-murphy/ |date=24 September 2008 }}, Brisbane Times
  • Pendil Arthur Rayner (1928 as a cadet (cub) reporter – 1943)[http://www.54warcorrespondents-kia-30-ww2.com/chapter5.html Australia's Accredited Dead] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105203443/http://www.54warcorrespondents-kia-30-ww2.com/chapter5.html |date=5 January 2009 }}, by Doral Chenoweth
  • Kevin Sinclair, reporter, 1962
  • Frederick William Ward, editor (1916 – December 1920)[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120429b.htm "Ward, Frederick William (1847–1934)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807080324/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120429b.htm |date=7 August 2008 }}, Australian Dictionary of Biography
  • Charles Wilmott, Assistant Messenger Overseer in the Brisbane Telegraph Office.{{cite web | url = http://fhr.slq.qld.gov.au/committees/wi.htm | title = Persons called before Queensland Government Committees | publisher = State Library of Queensland | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080927200236/http://fhr.slq.qld.gov.au/committees/wi.htm | archive-date = 27 September 2008}}

References

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External links

  • {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174948311 |title=The Telegraph. |newspaper=The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld.: 1872–1947) |location=Brisbane, Qld. |date=1 January 1901 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
  • [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2885839 Brisbane Telegraph], NLA
  • [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2946889 Brisbane Telegraph (microform)], NLA
  • [http://eresearch.griffith.edu.au/brisbanememories/index.php/Telegraph Telegraph], Brisbane memories wiki, Griffith University.
  • {{trove newspaper|840|The Telegraph|Brisbane, Qld.: 1872–1947}}

= Photos =

  • [http://monochromebrisbane.blogspot.com/2008/04/telegraph-facade.html Boyd @ Monochrome Brisbane]
  • [http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/image/51227329 Brian McMorrow]

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