Westralian Worker
{{Short description|Newspaper in Western Australia}}
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The Westralian Worker was a newspaper established in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in 1900 and published until its demise in 1951 in Perth, Western Australia.
History
It was established as the Official organ of the Western Australian Labor Party – with the subtitle of "A journal devoted to the interest of trade unionism, co-operation and labour in politics".{{Citation | author1=Australian Labor Party. Western Australian Branch | title=Records of the Australian Labor Party WA Branch | publication-date=1885 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/33875622 | accessdate=12 March 2013 }} for an example of the Newspaper archives and the ALP{{Citation | author1=Menagh, C. E | title="Westralian worker" and the AWU | publication-date=1900 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159321551 | accessdate=4 October 2016 }}
In April 1912 it was moved to Perth and was published by the Westralian Worker Printing and Publishing Company. In 1915 the Worker and People's Printing and Publishing Company amalgamated.{{Citation | author1=People's Printing and Publishing Company of Western Australia | author2=Australian Labor Party. Western Australian Branch | title=Records | publication-date=1906 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/16159536 | accessdate=4 October 2016 }} The company also published union books and pamphlets as well as the Westralian Worker.{{Citation | author1=Westralian Worker | title=Collection of miscellaneous political and trade union pamphlets printed by the Westralian Worker press c.1920–1950 | publication-date=1920 | publisher=Westralian Worker | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159322133 | accessdate=18 March 2013 }}
The company was involved in broadcasting with interest in the Perth radio station 6KY.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149623664 |title=Westralian Worker and 6KY |newspaper=Westralian Worker |issue=1709 |location=Western Australia |date=8 August 1941 |accessdate=16 June 2023 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{Citation | author1=Curtin Family | title=Lovers of Australia: a series of talks sponsored by the W.A. State Executive Australian Labor Party & broadcast over Radio 6KY. Perth, WA ALP, 1942 | publication-date=1942 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/253813943 | access-date=16 June 2023}}
File:Westralian worker print mark union label 01.jpg
The newspaper attempted to balance views between conscriptionists and anti-conscriptionists in World War I, but eventually became a mouthpiece for the anti-conscriptionists.{{Cite thesis | last=Corr |first=Robert | title=Sitting on the rail: the Westralian worker in wartime | publication-date=2003 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/173884353 | accessdate=12 March 2013 }}
The editorial policy included tackling perceived biases of other Western Australian newspapers.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148305611 |title=What The "Miner" Doesn't Print! |newspaper=Westralian Worker |issue=2123 |location=Western Australia |date=22 July 1949 |accessdate=4 October 2016 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The newspaper was based in Holman House.[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20140513213300/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/24883/20140514-0733/john.curtin.edu.au/journalist/workerb.html ] {{cbignore|bot=medic}}Picture of Holman House front with Worker sign The newspaper ceased publication in 1951.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148311164 |title=New 'Worker' Next Week |newspaper=Westralian Worker |issue=2219 |location=Western Australia |date=22 June 1951 |accessdate=16 June 2023 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article265038610 |title=The Worker To Close |newspaper=The Daily News |volume=LXIX |issue=23,772 |location=Western Australia |date=22 June 1951 |accessdate=16 June 2023 |page=3 (Fintal) |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article256837315 |title="Worker" Closes Down |newspaper=Kalgoorlie Miner |volume=57 |issue=16007 |location=Western Australia |date=27 June 1951 |accessdate=16 June 2023 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Notable editors
- Thomas Bath (1901–1902)
- Wallace Nelson (1902–1903)
- Julian Stuart (1903)
- John Curtin (1917–1928){{cite web |url=http://john.curtin.edu.au/journalist/workerl.html |title=Westralian Worker Editor – Cigarette Box presented by Worker Staff to John Curtin |date=January 2000 |accessdate=13 October 2015 }}
- Fred Gates (1928–1937)
Publishing details
- Vol. 1, no. 1 (7 Sept. 1900)-no. 2219 (Friday, 22 June 1951){{Citation | title=The Westralian worker | publication-date=1900 | publisher=Milsons Point, W. & F. Pascoe Pty. Ltd | issn=2203-0204 }} – microfilmhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/title/741 online form details
Notes
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External links
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- {{Trove newspaper|741|Westralian Worker|Perth, WA: 1900–1951}}
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Category:Newspapers established in 1900
Category:1900 establishments in Australia
Category:Publications disestablished in 1951