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Issue Details: First known date: 1957... 1957 Torres News
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First known date: 1957

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y separately published work icon The Rock Aaron Smith , Yarraville : Transit Lounge , 2020 20097125 2020 single work autobiography

'Journalist Aaron Smith's new memoir holds up a unique mirror to Australia. What he sees is at once amazing, disturbing and revealing. The Rock explores the failings of our nation's character, its unresolved past and its uncertain future from the vantage point of its most northerly outpost, Thursday Island.

'Smith was the last editor, fearless journalist and the paperboy of Australia's most northerly newspaper, the Torres News, a small independent regional tabloid that, until it folded in late 2019, was the voice of a predominantly Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal readership for 63 years across some of the most remote and little understood communities in Australia. 

'The Rock is a story of self-discovery where Smith grapples to understand a national identity marred by its racist underbelly, where he is transplanted from his white-boy privileged suburban life to being a racial and cultural minority, and an outsider. Peppered with his experiences, Smith gradually and sensitively becomes embedded in island life while vividly capturing the endless and often farcical parade of personalities and politicians including Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott.' (Publication summary)

The Long History of the Torres News Brother Barry Lamb , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 6-12 June no. 1017 2012; (p. 9)
Historic 1000th Edition Mark Roy , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 8 February no. 1000 2012; (p. 1)
Grandad's Torres Strait History Inspires A Colourful Book Monique Russell , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 26 May - 1 June vol. 915 no. 2010; (p. 8)
Grandad's Torres Strait History Inspires A Colourful Book Monique Russell , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 26 May - 1 June vol. 915 no. 2010; (p. 8)
Historic 1000th Edition Mark Roy , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 8 February no. 1000 2012; (p. 1)
The Long History of the Torres News Brother Barry Lamb , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 6-12 June no. 1017 2012; (p. 9)
y separately published work icon The Rock Aaron Smith , Yarraville : Transit Lounge , 2020 20097125 2020 single work autobiography

'Journalist Aaron Smith's new memoir holds up a unique mirror to Australia. What he sees is at once amazing, disturbing and revealing. The Rock explores the failings of our nation's character, its unresolved past and its uncertain future from the vantage point of its most northerly outpost, Thursday Island.

'Smith was the last editor, fearless journalist and the paperboy of Australia's most northerly newspaper, the Torres News, a small independent regional tabloid that, until it folded in late 2019, was the voice of a predominantly Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal readership for 63 years across some of the most remote and little understood communities in Australia. 

'The Rock is a story of self-discovery where Smith grapples to understand a national identity marred by its racist underbelly, where he is transplanted from his white-boy privileged suburban life to being a racial and cultural minority, and an outsider. Peppered with his experiences, Smith gradually and sensitively becomes embedded in island life while vividly capturing the endless and often farcical parade of personalities and politicians including Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott.' (Publication summary)

PeriodicalNewspaper Details

Subtitle:
The Voice of the Islands; Bulletin of Thursday Island & Torres Straits News; The Independent Voice of the Torres Strait and the N.P.A.
Frequency:
Weekly
Range:
1957-
Note:
Numbering irregularities occur.
Note:
Contents indexed selectively.
Note:
  • Numbers 644 and 645 2005 repeated in numbering sequence and number 647 2005 skipped in numbering sequence.
  • Numbers 651 and 652 , 2005 skipped in numbering sequence.
  • Issue number 713 for 28 June 2006 incorrectly marked 712.
  • Issue number 799 for 20th Feb. 2008 incorrectly marked 399.
  • Issue number 816 for 18 June 2008 incorrectly marked 516.
  • No. 832 repeated in numbering on issue dated Oct. 15, 2008.
  • No. 1026 covers period 6th-12th Aug., 2012 but publisher refers to this issue by folio date which is 1st-7th August.
  • Issue for Aug. 20, 2012 numbered as no. 1029 instead of 1028 and numbering continued on from 1029.
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