The Bulletin
Front cover of the February 13, 2007 edition
Editor-in-Chief	John Lehmann
Categories	newsmagazine
Frequency	weekly
First issue	1880
Final issue — Number	2008  ?
Company	Australian Consolidated Press
Country	Australia
Language	English
Website	bulletin.ninemsn.com.au
ISSN	1440-7485

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Early history

The Bulletin was founded by two Sydney journalists, J.F. Archibald and John Haynes, and the first edition appeared on 31 January, 1880. Jules François Archibald, known as J F Archibald, ( 14 January 1856 – 10 September 1919 Sydney) Australian John Haynes (26 April 1850 - 15 August 1917 was a parliamentarian in New South Wales, Australia for five months short of thirty years and co-founder (1880 with It was intended to be a journal of political and business commentary, with some literary content. Its politics were nationalist, anti-imperialist, protectionist, insular, racist, republican, anti-clerical and masculinist - but not socialist. The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation Imperialism has two meanings one describing an action and the other describing an attitude For the protectionist Australian political party from the 1880s to 1909 see Protectionist Party List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that Republicanism is the Ideology of governing a nation as a Republic, with an emphasis on Liberty, Rule of law, Popular sovereignty Anti-clericalism is a historical movement that opposes Religious (generally Catholic institutional power and influence real or alleged in all aspects of public and political Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution It mercilessly ridiculed colonial governors, capitalists, snobs and social climbers, the clergy, feminists and prohibitionists. Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given Religion. Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol It upheld trade unionism, Australian independence, advanced democracy and White Australia. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system The White Australia policy is a term used to describe a collection of historical policies that intentionally restricted non-white Immigration to Australia from It ran savagely racist cartoons attacking Chinese, Indians, Japanese and Jews, and mocking Indigenous Australians. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. The paper's masthead slogan, "Australia for the White Man," became a national political credo.

J.F. Archibald (left) with Henry Lawson

This mix of radicalism and xenophobia was immensely popular in the raw male-dominated frontier districts of late 19th century Australia, and The Bulletin soon became known as "the bushman's bible," with a circulation reaching 80,000 by 1900. Jules François Archibald, known as J F Archibald, ( 14 January 1856 – 10 September 1919 Sydney) Australian Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922 was an Australian writer and poet Political radicalism or simply radicalism is adherence to radical views and principles in Politics. Xenophobia is an intense and/or irrational dislike and sometimes fear of people from other countries Archibald's masterstroke was to open The Bulletin 's pages to contributions from its readers in 1886, running pages of poetry, short stories and cartoons contributed by miners, shearers and timber-workers from all over Australia. Some of this material was of high quality, and over the years many of Australia's leading literary lights had their start in The Bulletin 's pages. At the same time, The Bulletin ran well-informed political and business news.

The Bulletin 's literary editor, Alfred Stephens, was the main inspiration for the "Bulletin school. Alfred George Stephens (AG Stephens 28 August 1865 - 15 April 1933 was an Australian writer and literary critic notably for The Bulletin. " Among the better-known contributors were the writers Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, Bernard O'Dowd, Joseph Furphy, Miles Franklin and Vance and Nettie Palmer, the cartoonists Livingston Hopkins ("Hop"), Phil May, D H Souter and the illustrator and novelist Norman Lindsay. Henry Lawson (17 June 1867 – 2 September 1922 was an Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 – 5 February 1941 was a famous Australian Bush poet, journalist and author Bernard Patrick O'Dowd ( April 11, 1866 - September 1, 1953) was an Australian Activist, Educator, Poet Joseph Furphy ( 26 September 1843 – 13 September 1912) is widely regarded as the "Father of the Australian Novel Miles Franklin (born "Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin" 14 October 1879 – 19 September 1954) was an Australian writer Vance and Nettie Palmer were two of Australia 's best-known literary figures from the 1920s to the 1950s Livingston "Hop" Hopkins ( 7 July 1846 &ndash 21 August 1927) was an American Cartoonist who became a major Phil May ( 22 April 1864 – 5 August 1903) was an English Caricaturist. David Henry Souter (1862 – 1935 was an Australian artist and journalist Norman Alfred William Lindsay ( 22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist

Archibald retired in 1907, and thereafter The Bulletin became steadily more conservative, and by World War I had become openly Empire-loyalist. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. This marked its break with the political left and the end of its real influence, although it retained its place in Australian literary life well into the 1920s. In 1927, managing director William Macleod sold his stake in the magazine to Samuel Prior, long term financial editor, senior editor and, since buying Archibald's shares some years earlier, major shareholder. William Macleod ( 27 October 1850 – 24 June 1929) was an Australian artist and a partner in The Bulletin. Macleod had earlier invited Prior's third child, Henry, to manage the magazine. The Prior family owned and operated The Bulletin Newspaper company for the following decades, introducing new ventures such as the Wild Cat Monthly in 1923, the Australian Woman's Mirror in 1924, and, in a joint venture with Norman Lindsay designed to publish Australian writers, the Endeavour Press in 1932. Ultimately, however, the magazine gradually declined, losing circulation steadily. Its pre-war attitudes came to seem increasingly reactionary, and its cult of the bushman increasingly anachronistic in what was already an urbanised country. By the 1940s The Bulletin was regarded as a sad relic, filled with racist and antisemitic bile, and with political commentary so right-wing as to seem almost comic. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility

Modern Era

In 1961 The Bulletin was sold to the press magnate Sir Frank Packer, who installed Donald Horne as editor. Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer, KBE ( 3 December 1906 &ndash 1 May 1974) was an Australian Media proprietor Professor Donald Horne (26 December 1921 – 8 September 2005 was an Australian Journalist, Writer, social critic and academic who became one of Australia's The paper was radically modernised, most of the old hands were sacked, and "Australia for the White Man" disappeared from the masthead. Under the Packer family The Bulletin remained politically conservative, but rejoined the political and journalistic mainstream, as a well-edited magazine (modelled on Time) of political and business news and commentary, with occasional forays into literature as a gesture to its great past. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and

The Packer family tolerated the magazine's loss-making habits for the prestige of publishing Australia's oldest magazine. They published it "in conjunction with" Newsweek, which was usually found as a separate section within the magazine. Newsweek is an American weekly Newsmagazine published in New York City.

Online, The Bulletin (http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au) existed in another form, publishing articles from the magazine as well as content exclusive to the web, photo galleries, an archive of past covers and a blogging site known at The Bullring (http://www.thebulletinblog.com.au/the_bullring.htm).

On January 24, 2008, ACP Magazines announced they had ceased publishing the magazine. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Reasons given included that circulation had declined to 57,000 compared with sales figures in the order of 100,000 during the 1990s. The loss in readership was attributed to readers preferring the internet for current affairs. ^[2]

Columnists and bloggers

Regular columnists and bloggers on the magazine's website included:

• Patrick Cook
• Ellen Fanning
• Laurie Oakes
• Leo Schofield
• Paul Daley [1]
• Julie-Anne Davies [2]
• Roy Eccleston [3]
• Katherine Fleming [4]
• Chris Hammer [5]
• Adam Shand [6]
• Rebecca Urban [7]

See also

• The Bulletin Debate

References

• Bruce Bennett et al, The Oxford Literary History of Australia, OUP Melbourne 1998
• Geoffrey Dutton, The Literature of Australia, Penguin, Melbourne 1964
• Vance Palmer, The Legend of the Nineties, MUP Melbourne 1954
• Patricia Rolfe, The Journalistic Javelin: An Illustrated History of the Bulletin, Wildcat Press, Sydney 1979.
• William Wilde et al, The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, OUP, Melbourne 1985

External links

• The Bulletin
• The Bullring
• The Bulletin: 2007 covers