Referee 20 October 1886

The Referee was a newspaper published in Sydney, Australia from 1886 to 1939.[1]

History

The Referee was first published on 20 October 1886 as The Sydney Referee by Edward Lewis.[2] In 1933 it absorbed The Arrow.[3] It ceased on 31 August 1939.[4][5]

In 1887 Nat Gould started work as "Verax", horse-racing editor for the paper, which published in serial form his first novel, With the Tide, followed by his next five. He returned to England in 1895.[6]

Digitisation

This paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Referee (Sydney, New South Wales)". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "Issue 1 Page 1". The Sydney Referee. No. 1. New South Wales, Australia. 20 October 1886. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Arrow (Sydney, New South Wales)". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Referee (Sydney)". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ↑ ""The Referee" Says "Good-bye"". The Referee. No. 2736. New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Nat Gould Passes". The Referee. Sydney. 30 July 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  7. ↑ "Newspaper and magazine titles". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
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