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y separately published work icon The Daily Telegraph newspaper  
Alternative title: Sydney Daily Telegraph; Daily Telegraph News Pictorial; Daily Pictorial; Telegraph; Daily Telegraph and Daily News
Date: 1903-1914
Date: 1884-1890
Issue Details: First known date: 1879... 1879 The Daily Telegraph
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The Daily Telegraph was 'started in 1879 by a private proprietary'; in 1884 it 'passed into the hands of a limited company with Mr Watkin Wynne as manager'.

Source: Gordon & Gotch, Australasian Newspaper Directory, 2nd ed., 1888.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1879
      Sydney, New South Wales,: 1879- .

Works about this Work

Daily Telegraph Margaret Van Heekeren , 2014 single work companion entry
— Appears in: A Companion to the Australian Media : D 2014; (p. 129-131)
Tele Revamps for Shift into Digital Age Sally Jackson , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 March 2012; (p. 27)
Revisiting the 'Mystery of a Novel Contest' : The 'Daily Telegraph' and 'Come in Spinner' Bridget Griffen-Foley , 2000 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 19 no. 4 2000; (p. 413-424)
Antagonism as an Art Form: Brian Penton and the Politics of Provocation Patrick Buckridge , 1997 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Studies , no. 54-55 1997; (p. 81-90)
y separately published work icon The Scandalous Penton : A Biography of Brian Penton Patrick Buckridge , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1994 Z575375 1994 single work biography
y separately published work icon Luck's a Fortune David McNicoll , Sydney : Wildcat Press , 1979 Z1241267 1979 single work autobiography
More Key Men Leave the Telegraph 1945 single work column
— Appears in: The Tribune , 8 February 1945; (p. 7)
DT Won't Print Reply to Penton on Marx L. Sharkey , 1948 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Tribune , 5 May 1948; (p. 7)
Just Between You and Me J. McC , 1945 single work column satire
— Appears in: The Tribune , 31 May 1945; (p. 5)
Old Memories. Of John Farrell 1911 single work biography
— Appears in: Lilley's Magazine , October vol. 1 no. 5 1911; (p. 218-221)

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Daily (morning)
Range:
1 July 1879 -
Supplement:
Annual supplement titled: Australia
Size:
68cm.
Price:
Price: 1d.
Graphics:
Includes graphics.
Advertising:
Includes advertising.
Note:
Originally a private proprietary; in 1884 became a Limited Company with Watkin Wynne as manager.
Note:
Incorporates Daily News, 26 July 1941; acquired by News Limited 4 June 1972; merges with Daily Mirror 8 October 1990.
Note:
Title varies:
  • Sydney Daily Telegraph, 1879-1883
  • Daily Telegraph News Pictorial, Apr. - Dec. 1927
  • Daily Telegraph Pictorial, Dec. 1927 - Jan. 1930
  • Daily Pictorial, Feb. 1930 - Feb. 1931
  • Telegraph, Aug. 1933 - Mar. 1936
  • Daily Telegraph and Daily News, Sept. 1940 - July 1972
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