y separately published work icon Sword and Shield: The Organ of the Primitive Methodist Church periodical  
Issue Details: First known date: 1885... 1885 Sword and Shield: The Organ of the Primitive Methodist Church
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'Church news and intelligence, brief social and political commentaries, serial and short stories, advertisements.'

Source: Stuart, Lurline Australian Periodicals with Literary Content, 1821-1925: An Annotated Bibliography. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2003: 121

Notes

  • For publication history, including details of mergers, etc, see: http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/43852
  • Australian library catalogues generally support a start date of 1891 for Sword and Shield. However, there are newspaper references to the periodical prior to this. Lurline Stuart (Australian Periodicals with Literary Content, 1821-1925: An Annotated Bibliography. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2003) provides a start date of 1885.

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First known date: ca. 1885
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PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Frequency:
Fortnightly
Range:
[1885] - 3 November 1893
Continued by:
Methodist (1893-1897)
Size:
66cm
Price:
1d
Advertising:
Includes advertising
Note:
'The organ of the Primitive Methodist Church'
Note:
New series starts 8 May 1891
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