R. H. Pearce R. H. Pearce i(A114621 works by) (a.k.a. Robert Henry Pearce)
Also writes as: Gitano
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

R. H. Pearce was one of North Queensland's most peripatetic journalists, editors, and newspaper proprietors, working in Rockhampton, Ravenswood, Townsville, Charters Towers, Hughenden, Port Douglas and Cairns. Pearce served as editor for a number of North Queensland newspapers including The Towers Herald and Mining Record (1880-1883), The Cooktown Courier (from 1887), The Hughenden Observer (from 1895), and The Charters Towers Mining Standard (from 1897).

Pearce was also co-proprietor with Thomas Wright of The Northern Standard and Townsville Argus for a few months from December 1877, before launching the short-lived Port Douglas Times and Cook District Advertiser on 9 February 1878. He later moved to Ravenswood where he established The Argus.

Source: James Manion. Paper Power in North Queensland Townsville: The North Queensland Newspaper Company Limited, 1982.

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