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Not to be confused with The Logan and Albert Advocate.

The Logan and Albert Bulletin was an English language newspaper published in Southport, Queensland, Australia from 1885 to 1928.

Front page of The Logan and Albert Bulletin.

History

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The newspaper was originally established in 1885[1] under the masthead the Southern Queensland Bulletin, a four-page weekly produced on a hand run machine in a tin shed by printer-editor P.J. McNamara.[2] There were several changes of ownership before the paper was bought by James Shepherd in 1895 and changed the title to The Logan and Albert Bulletin.[3] Shepherd was joined by W.D. Mellor in the propriety and together they launched another paper, The Beaudesert Herald in 1904.[4] By 1905 The Logan and Albert Bulletin had expanded to eight pages and was considered an old-established paper with a large circulation containing bright readable matter.[5] The paper was sold to Edward Fass, who became Southport's second mayor, in 1905.[6] Ownership of the paper continued to change over the next 50 years and it was the multi-generational contribution of the Rootes family that provided stability to the publication.[7] On 21 December 1928,[8] under the editorship of Mr Michael James O'Donohue, the newspaper changed format to a tabloid and altered its masthead for a third time to The South Coast Bulletin.[9] A fourth name change occurred on 8 May 1963 when The South Coast Bulletin became the Gold Coast Bulletin.[10]

Digitisation

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The paper has been partially digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (1984). Sworn to no master: A history of the provincial press in Queensland to 1930. Toowoomba: Darling Downs Institute Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780909306601.
  2. ^ Elliott, John (1980). Southport - Surfers Paradise: An illustrated history to commemorate the Centenary of the Southport State School. Molendinar: Gold Coast Publications Pty Limited. pp. 66–67. ISBN 0959476709.
  3. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2008). Purposely parochial : 100 years of the Country Press in Queensland. Kelvin Grove: Queensland Country Press Association. p. 105. ISBN 9780646491943.
  4. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (May 2005). "Bulletin struggled early but boomed with the Gold Coast". Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association Bulletin: 56–57.
  5. ^ "The Queenslander". 7 October 1905. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  6. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2008). Purposely parochial : 100 years of the Country Press in Queensland. Kelvin Grove: Queensland Country Press Association. p. 105. ISBN 9780646491943.
  7. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2008). Purposely parochial : 100 years of the Country Press in Queensland. Kelvin Grove: Queensland Country Press Association. p. 105. ISBN 9780646491943.
  8. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (May 2005). "Bulletin struggled early but boomed with the Gold Coast". Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association Bulletin: 56–57.
  9. ^ "The South Coast Bulletin which incorporates the Logan and Albert Bulletin", The South Coast Bulletin, p. 1, 4 October 1929
  10. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2008). Purposely parochial : 100 years of the Country Press in Queensland. Kelvin Grove: Queensland Country Press Association. p. 105. ISBN 9780646491943.
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