y separately published work icon Queensland Figaro periodical  
Alternative title: Queensland Figaro : Titbits of Everyday about Everybody and Everything, with a Peep at Society, Science, Sport and the Drama; Queensland Figaro and Punch; The Queensland Figaro : The Journal of Society
Date: 1883-1906 Note: Various editors until 1936
Issue Details: First known date: 1883-1936... 1883-1936 Queensland Figaro
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Original articles on local and topical subjects, short pieces of social and political comment, sporting gossip, occasional theatrical notes, light humorous and satirical verse and cartoons.'

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

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1883
Notes:
Proprietor, publisher and printer vary.
Notes:
Printed by Warwick and Sapsford, January 1883 - December 1906.
    • Brisbane, Queensland,: Gordon and Gotch , 1883-1885 .
      Printed by Warwick and Sapsford
      Link: 6522452Web Resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed for the Proprietor (J. Edgar Byrne) by Warwick & Sapsford, at their Steam Printing Works, Eagle Street, Brisbane. Publishers: Gordon and Gotch, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and London.' (Colophon, 6 January 1883: 14)
      • Digitised issues available for the period 6 January 1883 to 27 June 1885. (Correct as of 15 October 2013.)
    • Brisbane, Queensland,: J. Edgar Byrne , 1885-1889 .
      Printed by Warwick and Sapsford
      Link: 6522576Web Resource Digital copy of print publication via Australian Newspapers (AN) Service
      Note/s:
      • 'Printed by Warwick & Sapsford, at their Steam Printing Works, Eagle street, Brisbane, for the Proprietor and Publisher, J. Edgar Byrne, Figaro Office, Elizabeth street, Brisbane.' (Colophon, 4 July 1885: 40)
      • Digitised issues available for the period 4 July 1885 to 2 November 1889. (Correct as of 15 October 2013.)
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()

Works about this Work

One-Woman-One-Vote: Annie Lane, 'Lucinda Sharpe' and the Female Franchise in Late-Nineteenth Century Queensland John Kellett , 2004 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 30 no. 2 2004; (p. 36-52)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (1)

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

ISSN: 2200-8446
Subtitle:
Titbits of Everyday about Everybody and Everything, with a Peep at Society, Science, Sport and the Drama
Frequency:
Weekly (Friday)
Price:
3d (1883) ; 6d (1885-1902) ; reduced to 1d (1902)
Graphics:
illus.
Note:
Motto: 'Fear God; Speak evil of none; Stick to the Truth; and never be done.'
Note:
Queensland Figaro January 1883 - March 1894 ; Queensland Figaro and Punch until August 1894 ; Figaro : An Ultruistic Journal until [1902?] ; Queensland Figaro until October 1936; subtitle changed to The Journal of Society from 10 May 1930

Has serialised

VIEW ALL WORKS SERIALISED (4)
Last amended 15 Nov 2013 14:17:33
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X