Justice: the people's paper

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Front page of Justice : the people's paper, 5 December 1891

Justice : the people's paper was an English language newspaper published in Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia.

Newspaper history[edit]

Justice : the people's paper was published in 1891 for a few months only.[1] It was printed and published by Patrick Lyons for the proprietor, James Moylan, and was circulated through the Namoi, Gwydir and Gunnedah electorates[2] of New South Wales. The paper made the claim to be "thoroughly independent ... purely original in tone, and a unique and remarkable innovation in country journalism. Honesty, straightforwardness, outspokenness and fearlessness are characteristics which it will ever preserve."[3] It was sold for £1 per annum or 6d per issue.[4]

Digitisation[edit]

Justice : the people's paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia.[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kirkpatrick, Rod (2000). Country conscience : a history of the New South Wales provincial press, 1841-1995. Canberra, ACT: Infinite Harvest Publishing Pty Ltd. p. 79. ISBN 0646402706.
  2. ^ "Catalogue". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Justice : the people's paper, p. 4". Trove, National Library of Australia. 5 December 1891. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Justice : the people's paper, p. 1". Trove, National Library of Australia. 5 December 1891. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

External links[edit]

Justice (Narrabri, NSW : 1891) at Trove