Telegraph (Brisbane) Explained

The Telegraph was an evening newspaper published in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was first published on 1 October 1872 and its final edition appeared on 5 February 1988. In its day it was recognised as one of the best news pictorial newspapers in the country.^[1] Its Pink Sports edition (printed distinctively on pink newsprint and sold on Brisbane streets from about 6 pm on Saturdays) was a particularly excellent production produced under tight deadlines. It included results and pictures of Brisbane's Saturday afternoon sports including the results of the last horse race of the day.

History

In 1871 a group of local businessmen, Robert Armour, John Killeen Handy (M.L.A. for Brisbane), John Warde, John Burns, J. D. Heale and J. K. Buchanan formed the Telegraph Newspaper Co. Ltd. The editor was Theophilus Parsons Pugh, a former editor of the Brisbane Courier and founder of Pugh's Almanac.^[2] The first edition of the newspaper had just four pages and a print run of only 200 copies. In 1963 it moved from its 93 Queen Street premises^[3] to its final home in 41 Campbell Street, Bowen Hills (Queensland Newspapers).

Digitisation

The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.^{[4] [5]}

Notable staff

• Sallyanne Atkinson, journalist (1960 to 1962)
• Ken Blanch, reporter^[6]
• Peter Charlton, later the Courier-Mails national affairs editor, was the business editor of The Courier-Mail and Brisbane Telegraph.^[7]
• James Cowlishaw, managing director in 1878.^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}
• Alfred Cecil Chave, journalist, 1930^[12]
• Nat Gould^[13]
• Barton Green^[14]
• Patrick Hamilton, 1998 Walkley Award winning photojournalist^[15]
• Thomas William Heney (1920 to 1923)
• Mark Hinchliffe joined as the sports sub-editor in 1981.^[16]
• Hector Holthouse, journalist
• Lionel Ker Strutton Hogg^[17]
• Edgar George Holt
• Lincoln Howes, now part of the 60 Minutes team, started his career at Brisbane's Telegraph^[18]
• Harry Jefferies, Sports Editor^[19]
• Chris Mitchell, cadet journalist at the Telegraph, later editor-in-chief of The Australian (2002–2015)^[20]
• Mitchell Murphy, now with Brisbane Times, was reporter and columnist covering elite level sport for both the Brisbane Telegraph and Daily Sun.^[21]
• Pendil Arthur Rayner (1928 as a cadet (cub) reporter – 1943)^[22]
• Kevin Sinclair, reporter, 1962
• Frederick William Ward, editor (1916 – December 1920)^[23]
• Charles Wilmott, Assistant Messenger Overseer in the Brisbane Telegraph Office.^[24]

External links

• News: The Telegraph. . The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872–1947) . Brisbane, Qld. . 1 January 1901 . 13 . National Library of Australia.
• Brisbane Telegraph, NLA
• Brisbane Telegraph (microform), NLA
• Telegraph, Brisbane memories wiki, Griffith University.

Photos

• Boyd @ Monochrome Brisbane
• Brian McMorrow

Notes and References

1. Daily Sun, Saturday, 6 February 1988
2. Queensland Press Limited history report 1975. Sourced Qld Newspapers archive library December 2008
3. News: Masthead. 1 January 1954. Queensland, Australia. 1 (LAST RACE). National Library of Australia. Brisbane Telegraph. 7 July 2017.
4. Web site: Newspaper and magazine titles. Trove. 9 October 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160229052042/http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/about. 29 February 2016.
5. Web site: Newspaper Digitisation Program. Trove. 9 October 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702090621/http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program. 2 July 2015.
6. News: New light on Brisbane's most infamous murder case. https://web.archive.org/web/20100105200647/http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s1889109.htm . 5 January 2010 . ABC News. 16 May 2018.
7. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/extras/oq/book11main.html "Bio: Peter Charlton"
8. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030446b.htm "Cowlishaw, James (1834–1929)"
9. Web site: James Cowlishaw. belindacohen.tripod.com. 22 May 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172500/http://belindacohen.tripod.com/cowlishawfamily/id5.html . 21 July 2011.
10. Web site: Thomas Cowlishaw. belindacohen.tripod.com. 22 May 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172524/http://belindacohen.tripod.com/cowlishawfamily/id4.html . 21 July 2011.
11. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3421222?searchTerm=%22Telegraph+Newspaper+Company%22 23 August 1883
12. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130458b.htm "Chave, Alfred Cecil (1905–1971)"
13. Web site: Gould, Nat, 1857-1919... lib.monash.edu.au. 22 May 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120330040707/http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/exhibitions/sport/virtual/photos/photo24.html. 30 March 2012.
14. Web site: 'Bio: Barton Green, Director'. 22 May 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20080722061710/http://www.threeplus.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=298. 22 July 2008.
15. Web site: Walkley Winners Archive. 5 January 2016. The Walkley Foundation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208233626/http://www.walkleys.com/awards/walkley-winners-archive/. 8 December 2015.
16. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/author/0,23829,5000500-5003428,00.html "Bio: Mark Hinchliffe"
17. Web site: You wouldn't read about it . Lionel Hogg . 15 April 2008 . On Line Opinion . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080820003554/http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7209&page=0 . 20 August 2008.
18. http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/section.aspx?sectionid=5555&sectionname=meettheteam "Bio: Lincoln Howes"
19. Web site: Home - Redcliffe Dolphins. Redcliffe Dolphins. 24 April 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204238/http://www.redcliffedolphins.com.au/index.php?id=2896. 3 March 2016.
20. News: Davidson. Darren. Chris Mitchell retires, Paul Whittaker new editor-in-chief of The Australian. 4 January 2016. The Australian. 2 December 2015.
21. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/about-us/mitchell-murphy/ "Bio: Mitchell Murphy"
22. http://www.54warcorrespondents-kia-30-ww2.com/chapter5.html Australia's Accredited Dead
23. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120429b.htm "Ward, Frederick William (1847–1934)"
24. Web site: Persons called before Queensland Government Committees . . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080927200236/http://fhr.slq.qld.gov.au/committees/wi.htm . 27 September 2008.