Uniting (newspaper)
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Uniting was a weekly English language broadsheet newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was first published in 1892 as The Methodist, and subsequently for about a year as The Methodist and Congregationalist, before continuing as Forward.
History
Issue No. 1 of Vol. 1 of The Methodist was first published on 2 January 1892 by the Wesleyan Methodist Church.{{cite web|title=The Methodist|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1173657~S2|website=SLNSW catalogue|publisher=State Library of NSW|access-date=15 October 2014}} At this time it incorporated the newspaper The Weekly Advocate. The publishers aimed their publication at Methodists within New South Wales, but hoped to gain a wider audience.{{cite journal|title=Looking Forward|journal=The Methodist|date=2 January 1892|volume=1|issue=1|page=7|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page16408052|access-date=15 October 2014}} Issue No. 1 of Vol. 1 of
The Methodist briefly changed its title to The Methodist and Congregationalist in 1976 before being retitled as Forward in 1977.{{cite web|title=The Methodist and Congregationalist|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1163883~S2|website=SLNSW catalogue|publisher=State Library of NSW|access-date=15 October 2014}} The title changed to Uniting in 1982 and ceased publication in 1987.{{cite web|title=Unitint|url=http://library.sl.nsw.gov.au/record=b1156661~S2|website=SLNSW catalogue|publisher=State Library of NSW|access-date=15 October 2014}}
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.{{cite web|title=Newspaper and magazine titles|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/about|work=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=5 June 2013}}{{cite web|title=Newspaper Digitisation Program|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program|publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=5 June 2013}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Trove newspaper|647 |The Methodist |Sydney, NSW : 1892 – 1954}}
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