Type weekly newspaper Ceased publication 1939 | Founded 1866 ISSN 1836-8190 | |
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Founder(s) Brisbane Newspaper Company | ||
The Queenslander was the weekly summary and literary edition of the 'Brisbane Courier' (now The Courier-Mail), since the 1850s the leading journal in the colony and later federal state of Queensland, Australia. The Queenslander was launched by the Brisbane Newspaper Company in 1866 and it was discontinued in 1939.
Contents
In a country the size of Australia a daily newspaper of some prominence could only reach the bush and outlying districts if it also published a weekly edition. Yet the Queenslander, under the managing editorship of Gresley Lukin (managing editor from November 1873 to 21 December 1880), also came to find additional use as a literary magazine.
History
The Queenslander was first published on February 3, 1866 by Thomas Blacket Stephens in Brisbane and ceased publication after the last edition on February 22, 1939.
Digitisation
The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.