Australian Aborigines Advocate Explained

Australian Aborigines Advocate, originally published as The New South Wales Aborigines' Advocate, was a monthly English language magazine originally published in Sydney, Australia.

History

The New South Wales Aborigines' Advocate was a monthly publication of the New South Wales Aborigines' Mission, beginning on 23 July 1901 and continuing until 29 February 1908.[1] When the mission changed its name to Australian Aborigines Mission, the publication became the Australian Aborigines' Advocate. At this time the subscription was one shilling per annum.[2]

The publication identified itself as "the organ of the Australian Aborigines Mission" and its purpose was to be a monthly record of work amongst the Australian Aborigines. It continued until 1 February 1929.[3] The mission once more changed name, this time to United Aborigines Mission. Its publication became The United Aborigines Messenger, which continued until April/May 1987.[4] From 1987 until 2003 the magazine was published under the shortened title of Messenger.[5]

Digitisation

This publication has been digitised at Trove[6] by the National Library of Australia.

See also

References

  1. Web site: The New South Wales Aborigines' advocate : a monthly record of missionary work amongst the Aborigines. Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. 10 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Australian Aborigines advocate : a monthly record of work amongst the dark people of Australia. Trove. National Library of Australia. 10 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Australian Aborigines advocate : a monthly record of work amongst the dark people of Australia. Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. 10 May 2018.
  4. Web site: The United Aborigines messenger. Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. 10 May 2018.
  5. Web site: Messenger. Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. 10 May 2018.
  6. Web site: Australian Aborigines advocate. Trove. National Library of Australia. 10 May 2018.