When the Melbourne Herald, originally a morning newspaper, changed to an evening publication on 4 January 1869, retrenched staff formed a company to publish the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, managed by Charles Somerton. Somerton saw an opportunity to publish a weekly companion publication and the Weekly Times was launched on 11 September 1869. When the Daily Telegraph ceased publication in 1892, the Weekly Times was acquired by the Herald's publisher.
The Weekly Times Annual
Melbourne
:
Herald and Weekly Times
,
1911-1934
Z1100952
1911-1934
periodical
(18 issues)
A special annual publication of the Herald & Weekly Times Ltd 'well printed on art paper, with articles by leading Australian authors and illustrated by equally talented Australian artists, illustrators and photographers.' (Ian McLaren). Twenty four volumes were published, the last coinciding with Victoria's centenary in 1934.
Tha annual was popular for its colour reproductions of works by famous Australian artists and a high standard of printing was maintained throughout the life of the publication. In size it ranged from 54 pages in 1915 to 72 pages in 1934. Ian McLaren asserts that there is no definite information about the editors of the annual but suggests it likely that it fell under the control of the Weekly Times editor. (Source: Ian McLaren Index to the Weekly Times Annual 1986, pp.ix-xvii.)
The Bible of the Bush, 1869-1994 : 125 Years of the Weekly Times
Hugh Jones
(editor),
Port Melbourne
:
Hamlyn
,
1994
Z818533
1994
anthology
poetry
short story
prose
non-fiction
Chronologically arranged selection of news, cartoons, illustrations, poetry, prose and fiction.
The slow unravelling of the truth behind the murder of chorus-girl Polly Wilton in his Knightsbridge flat.
The story of two sisters who are 'fairly good-looking and under 30' but yet unmarried.
