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y separately published work icon The North Queensland Register newspaper  
Alternative title: NQR
Issue Details: First known date: 1892... 1892 The North Queensland Register
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The North Queensland Register (previously known as The Northern Mining Register) began publication in 1892. One of the most popular newspapers in North Queensland, it included regular columns from writers including Bob Bloodwood, Beachcomber, 6 x 8, Along the Line, E. J. Brady, Albert Dorrington, Bill Bowyang, Cestus, Sundowner, Bartle Frere, and Freda Barrymore.

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First known date: 1892
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y separately published work icon The North Queensland Herald 1891 Townsville : Dodd Smith Clarke , 1891-1911 Z1474848 1891 newspaper (61 issues) Previously The Townsville Herald, The North Queensland Herald was published weekly between 1891 and 1911, when it was absorbed by The North Queensland Register.
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Works about this Work

Biographical Notes Jim Manion , 1981 single work biography
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 9 no. 3 1981; (p. 149-157) Brief biographies for some of the writers who contributed literary pieces to the North Queensland Register.
y separately published work icon Some North Queensland Creative Writing and Belles Lettres Marie Anne Sherriff , Townsville : James Cook University of North Queensland , 1970 Z1101016 1970 single work thesis An annotated bibliography culled from The Townsville Daily Bulletin and The North Queensland Register, December 1911 to December 1914. The entries are arranged chronologically under the headings of Prose Non-Fiction, Prose Fiction, and Verse.
Biographical Notes Jim Manion , 1981 single work biography
— Appears in: LiNQ , vol. 9 no. 3 1981; (p. 149-157) Brief biographies for some of the writers who contributed literary pieces to the North Queensland Register.
y separately published work icon Some North Queensland Creative Writing and Belles Lettres Marie Anne Sherriff , Townsville : James Cook University of North Queensland , 1970 Z1101016 1970 single work thesis An annotated bibliography culled from The Townsville Daily Bulletin and The North Queensland Register, December 1911 to December 1914. The entries are arranged chronologically under the headings of Prose Non-Fiction, Prose Fiction, and Verse.
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Weekly
Range:
15 June 1892 - 30 March 1984
Continues:
The Northern Mining Register
Mergers:
Incorporated The North Queensland Herald from 1911.

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