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The Geelong Advertiser


Front page of The Geelong Advertiser
Type Daily newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner News Corp
Editor Peter Judd
Founded 1857
Political allegiance Moderate
Headquarters 191 - 195 Ryrie St,
Geelong,
Victoria, Australia
Website: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au

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History

The Geelong Advertiser is the oldest newspaper title in Victoria and the second oldest in Australia,[1][2] and was first published on 21 November 1840.

It was founded by James Harrison, a Scots emigrant, who had arrived in Sydney in 1837 to set up a printing press for the English company Tegg & Co. James Harrison (April 1816 - September 3 1893 was a Scottish newspaper printer journalist politician and pioneer in the field of mechanical Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Moving to Melbourne in 1839 he found employment with John Pascoe Fawkner as a compositor and later editor on Fawkner's Port Phillip Patriot. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 John Pascoe Fawkner ( 20 October 1792 – 4 September 1869) was an early pioneer businessman and politician of Melbourne, When Fawkner acquired a new press Harrison offered him 30 pounds for the original old press to start Geelong's first newspaper. The first weekly edition of the Geelong Advertiser appeared onat 3pm Saturday 21 November 1840: edited by 'James Harrison and printed and published for John Pascoe Fawkner (sole proprietor) by William Watkins. . . '.

Its first editorial offered these words:

Bring forth the press!
When first that mighty shout was heard.
Truth rose in radiant light ensphered.
The Nations to address.

By November 1842 Harrison became sole owner. For the first seven years the paper was printed in demi-folio size before changing to broadsheet. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more In 1858 the newspaper ditched the original wooden press and adopts new typography and is printed by mechanised steam printing.

The newspaper did not feature actual news on the front page until 21 June 1924, coinciding with the inauguration of a new printing press. Before this time the front page was filled with classified advertisements. Classified advertising is a form of Advertising which is particularly common in Newspapers, online and other Periodicals, e [3] Trials of a tabloid size paper were trialled during 2000, when a Sunday edition was printed for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever [4] The large broadsheet paper size was used until 2001, when the newspaper changed to the tabloid size which has been used since. Broadsheet is the largest of the various Newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages (typically 22 inches or more [5]

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References

  1. ^ About The Geelong Advertiser. This is a list of Australian newspapers National National daily newspapers The Australian Broadsheet conservative-leaning Geelong Advertiser website. Retrieved on 2007-12-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes
  2. ^ Oldest newspapers still in circulation. World Association of Newspapers website. Retrieved on 2007-12-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes
  3. ^ AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER No. 27. University of Queensland School of Journalism & Communication website (May 2004). Retrieved on 2007-12-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes
  4. ^ AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER No. 10. University of Queensland School of Journalism & Communication website (December 2000). Retrieved on 2007-12-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes
  5. ^ AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HISTORY GROUP NEWSLETTER No. 36. University of Queensland School of Journalism & Communication website (February 2006). Retrieved on 2007-12-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes

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