The Tocsin Explained

The Tocsin (often referred to only as Tocsin) was an Australian socialist newspaper, published from 1897 to 1906.[1] It was co-founded by several prominent political figures, including Edward Findley, John Percy Jones and Bernard O'Dowd.[2] Jack Castieau served as the first editor, while artist Norman Lindsay drew its first cover design.[3]

Writers for the paper included Frank Anstey, Lilian Locke and Frank Wilmot, and John Arthur Andrews was editor for a time.[4] [5] [6] Tocsin readers formed themselves into "Tocsin Clubs", conducting well-attended public meetings for political discussion in several places across Melbourne.[7] Co-founder Findley was expelled from the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1901 after Tocsin was found to have libelled King Edward VII.

In the pre-federation era in Australia, Tocsin argued against Federation.[8]

Tocsin was succeeded by the Labor Call.[9]

It has been digitised by the National Library of Australia as part of the Trove project.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Tocsin . National Library of Australia . trove . 5 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Findley, Edward (1864–1947) . National Centre of Biography . Australian Dictionary of Biography . 5 February 2017.
  3. Web site: Lindsay, Norman Alfred (1879–1969) . National Centre of Biography . Australian Dictionary of Biography . 5 February 2017.
  4. Web site: Locke, Lilian (1869 - 1950) . The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia . 5 November 2016.
  5. Web site: Wilmot, Frank Leslie (1881–1942) . National Centre of Biography . Australian Dictionary of Biography . 5 February 2017.
  6. Web site: Andrews, John Arthur (1865–1903) . National Centre of Biography . Australian Dictionary of Biography . 5 February 2017.
  7. Book: Australia's First Fabians: Middle-class Radicals, Labour Activists and the Early Labour Movement . Cambridge University Press . Mathews, Race . Race Mathews . 1993.
  8. note no mention of Tocsin in the chapter 5 - Guartly, Marian Victoria pp 220-283, or the index of
  9. Web site: The Labor Call . National Library of Australia . Trove . 5 February 2017.

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