Geraldton Guardian Explained

Geraldton Guardian
Owners:-->
Founder:Edward Constantine, Frederick Gardner
Editor:Kate Campbell
Foundation:1906
Issn:1443-3346
Publishing Country:Australia
Publishing City:Geraldton

The Geraldton Guardian is a newspaper that was established in Geraldton, Western Australia, on 1 October 1906 to serve the Victoria and Murchison Districts. It was launched on principles of liberal democracy, state rights, nationalism and British preference.[1]

History

Founding

The Geraldton Guardian was established by the proprietors, Constantine and Gardner, at the "Guardian Buildings", Marine Terrace, Geraldton, Western Australia.[2] Edward Constantine, the senior partner of Constantine and Gardner was born in Cornwall, England but emigrated to South Australia with his parents at the age of three.[3]

Initially the Geraldton Guardian was published biweekly on Tuesday and Friday. It consisted of eight demy-folio pages printed on a demy Wharfedale machine. From 15 October 1907, publication changed to tri-weekly on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.[4] It was now bring printed on a super double royal Wharfedale powered by a 5-horsepower engine.

Merged 1929

On 1 January 1929 the Guardian amalgamated with the other Geraldton newspaper, the Geraldton Express (established in 1878), and was published as The Geraldton Guardian and Express, an evening daily.[5] [6]

Relaunched 1948

On 1 January 1948 it changed its name back to The Geraldton Guardian.[7]

Availability

Issues of the Geraldton Guardian (1906 - 1928) and (1948 - 1950) plus The Geraldton Guardian and Express (1929 - 1947) have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program,[8] a project of the National Library of Australia in cooperation with the State Library of Western Australia.

Hard copy and microfilm copies of the Geraldton Guardian, The Geraldton Guardian and Express[9] and The Geraldton Guardian[10] are also available at the State Library of Western Australia.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Introductory . 2 October 1906 . Geraldton Guardian . 4 . 11 March 2014.
  2. Web site: The Geraldton guardian. State Library of Western Australia catalogue. 20 October 2015.
  3. Book: Battye. James Sykes. Cyclopedia of Western Australia. 986. 1985. Hesperian Press. State Library of Western Australia. 0859050726. Facsimile. 12 October 2015.
  4. News: Ourselves and our paper. 13 August 2016. The Geraldton Guardian. 8 October 1907. 2.
  5. News: The Geraldton Newspaper Merger . 8 December 1928 . Geraldton Guardian . 1 . 11 March 2014.
  6. News: Ourselves . 3 January 1929 . Geraldton Guardian and Express . 1 . 11 March 2014.
  7. News: The Geraldton Guardian with which is incorporated the "Geraldton Express" . 3 January 1948 . Geraldton Guardian . 1 . 11 March 2014.
  8. Web site: Australian Newspaper Digitisaton Program. National Library of Australia. 2 November 2015. 2 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150702090621/http://www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program. dead.
  9. Web site: Geraldton guardian and express. State Library of Western Australia catalogue. 20 October 2015.
  10. Web site: 'The Geraldton guardian. State Library of Western Australia catalogue. 20 October 2015.